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Arctic Joe wins big at Hardscuffle Steeplechase

Augustin Stables’ Arctic Joe left with the big money Saturday following the inaugural running of the Hardscuffle Steeplechase on Rose Island Road.  The $10,000 purse was earned with a winning time of 10 minutes, 58 seconds before an estimated 2,500 spectators.  Riding the winning horse was Leo O’Brien of Ireland. 

Fifty-four of the nation’s top steeplechase horses were entered in the five races of the afternoon. Purse monies amounted to $17,000.

County officials will take a vote at the next fiscal court meeting on whether to approve a proposed rate increase for sewer district customers. The proposed increase could mean around $6 added onto the average bill – a 23-percent increase.

Oldham County Sewer District Board chair Horace Harrod said the proposed increase is what the district’s budget shows is needed to meet debt service requirements in the district’s loans.

 FRANKFORT – Led by doubles team champions Rachel Wurster and Maddie Waits, the North Oldham High School girls’ tennis team won their sixth straight Eighth Region championship.

The Prospect city council passed a $2.75 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, a $79,216 reduction from last year’s budget total.

Cuts are anticipated largely across three expenditures – general government, police and public works. Mayor Todd Eberle said there won’t be a cutback to direct services such as garbage pickup or police patrols but rather a delay to nonessential administrative functions such as recodifying ordinances next year instead of in this year’s schedule.