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14 Wednesday, July 29, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Cascade Horizon Band to perform photo provided The Cascade Horizon Band will move outdoors for a 45-minute concert on august 5. The Cascade Horizon Band, directed by Sue Steiger, will present a con- cert at Sisters Village Green on Wednesday, August 5 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Donations sup- port the Sisters High School band in support of the Outlaws instrumental program. Cascade Horizon Band — now quite possibly the largest senior organization in Oregon — was started by Steiger with 12 players in 2003. The band has performed in Sisters several times, usu- ally on the Sisters High School auditorium stage. The band is also a fixture of the annual Sisters Rodeo Parade. The band’s current roster is 67 musicians. As Steiger pushes the players to higher levels of musicianship, the band offers a variety of music: Marches; Broadway show tunes; new compositions; and clas- sic favorites. Scheduled for next week’s performance are: “American Exultant”; “Fidgety Feet”; “Children of the Shrine”; “Funiculi Finicula”; Irving Berlin’s “Rags to Ritz”; “Carnaval in Sao Paulo”; “Great Movie M a r c h e s ” ; “ Te n n e s s e e Salute”; “St. Louis Blues”; “Let Freedom Ring”; “Armed Forces: Pride of America”; and “Curtain Call.” Patrons are asked to bring their own seating for the con- cert, which is expected to last about 45 minutes. USFS proposes trailhead relocation The Sisters Ranger District is proposing to relo- cate and designate a new trailhead for the Chush Falls area. The local ranger district also wants to decommission Forest Service system roads; close Forest Service system roads; convert Forest Service roads to a trail; remove the damaged Snow Creek snow- mobile bridge; and reroute a portion of the Cross District Snowmobile Trail. The project is located about 11 air miles southwest of Sisters. The Chush Falls Trailhead Relocation Project draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public comment. Comments will help craft the final deci- sion regarding the project. The draft EA discloses the environmental effects of the action alternatives as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft EA describes two alternatives, including the No Action alter- native. The proposed action (Alternative 2) would des- ignate a permanent trailhead outside the Three Sisters Wilderness for Chush Falls, a popular day-use area in the wilderness. The proposed action would decommission about 1.33 miles of Forest Service System roads; close about 1.45 miles of Forest Service roads; and convert about 1.39 miles of Forest Service roads to a Class 2 trail to reduce impacts to the wilderness. The proposed action would also designate a new snowmobile route using the existing forest road system and remove the remnants of the Snow Creek snowmobile bridge that was destroyed during the 2012 Pole Creek fire. The new snowmobile route would provide con- tinued winter recreation connections with the Cross District Snowmobile Trail. The timing of the removal of the remains of the bridge needs to be coordinated with the road decommissioning associated with the project. The project area is about 3,007 acres (the size of the project area is See TraIlHead on page 17