The Lexington Community Foundation is offering a great avenue to generate

funding for the next construction stage of the Johnson Lake Trail project with

an online giving opportunity for 17 hours on November 17th. The timing could

not be better! The Foundation is offering a dollar for dollar  matching grant

of $50,000 for contributions to all projects. The match pool will be distributed

on a percentage basis if total donations exceed $50,000. In addition, bonus grants of $2,500,

$1,500, and $1,000 will be awarded to organizations that receive donations from the most

individual contributors. Let’s go for adding a mile of trail!

Click on the link below for additional information or to download the info flyer and mail it

to your neighbors or friends...  A map of the Proposed Trail is also attached below.

How can you participate? Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and midnight on

November 17,go online to http://www.razoo.com/story/JohnsonLakeTrails.

review the story and photos.  Then fill in the “Make a Donation” box.

Please note: While you are making your trail gift, you can also make additional gifts to other important Johnson Lake projects

—FireworksFund and the EMS. Find links to those projects at the bottom of the Johnson Lake Trail page above...

TO FURTHER CLARIFY, THE SUMMER TRASH SERVICE WILL AGAIN BE FOR 5 MONTHS, MAY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, AT NO CHARGE TO ALL LESSEE RESIDENTIAL LOT OWNERS AT J-LAKE; BUT WILL BE PROVIDED BY DAN'S SANITATION, STARTING MAY 1ST OF 2012.

THOSE LOT HOLDERS WANTING OR HAVING YEAR AROUND SERVICE CAN SWITCH NOW TO DAN'S SANITATION, PHONE 308-324-6693 AT THE $14.84 MONTH RATE; RATHER THAN REMAIN WITH SCHABEN AT $18.20 MONTH--HOWEVER YOU NEED TO CANCEL THE SERVICE WITH SCHABEN IF YOU ARRANGE FOR IT WITH DAN'S.  ( SCHABEN'S PHONE 800-535-7909 ). 

Johnson Lake switches sanitation companies

Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:00 am

By HARRY G. PERKINS Hub Regional Correspondent | 

JOHNSON LAKE — Johnson Lake Development Inc. directors accepted a bid from Dan’s Sanitation of Lexington Tuesday for 2012 services.

The $25,990 bid was more than $3,000 less than the other bid received from Schaben Sanitation of North Platte.

Schaben has provided sanitation services from May through September for several years. Permanent lake residents pay for their own service the rest of the year.

JLDI President Joann Wieland said the off-season monthly charge for year-round residents will be $14.84 for services provided by Dan’s Sanitation. She said Schaben officials have told her their monthly charge will be $18.20 starting on Oct. 1.

Lake residents have the option of continuing service with Schaben or making an immediate change to Dan’s Sanitation.

Lake owner Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District pays for trash collection services.

Also Tuesday, Norman Hoveling, a former board member, announced that carp removal will be done the first two weeks of June, and $5,000 have been donated over time from the public for that project.

In other JLDI business, the directors:

** Heard from Chuck Olsen about the Chapel of the Lake hike and bike trail. Lexington Foundation has offered to provide a matching grant of up to $50,000 for contributions and pledges to help finance the trail.

**Give Big Lexington,” the event where contributions toward matching the grant can be made, is scheduled for Nov. 17.

For contributions that exceed $50,000, 23.5 percent have been earmarked for the next phase of the lake’s hike and bike trail up to $25,000. The remainder will be dedicated to other charities that benefit from the foundation.

** Changed the date for the 2012 fireworks display to June 30 instead of July 4.

**  Re-elected all officers for another year. The new budget adopted includes a $100 raise for the position of president.

** Approved bylaws changes to permit a quorum when board members from 11 neighborhood areas are in attendance and allow JLDI directors to select the specific date each June for the annual meeting.

** A question of consuming alcohol on the lake’s waters was raised at last month’s meeting. By statute, the consumption of alcohol while on the waters of the lake is up to the lake’s owner. Alcohol consumption is not permitted on Johnson Lake.

The question became an issue after the state game commission authorized the consumption of alcohol in certain state parks, including Johnson Lake.

Johnson Lake Trail extension complete and ready for use
• HARRY G. PERKINS, Kearney Hub, Published: Friday, April 22, 2011 11:58 AM CDT

JOHNSON LAKE - The directors of Johnson Lake Development were told Tuesday the extension of Mattson Trail has been paved to its southern end and is ready for use.  Trail Committee member Ron Fowler said volunteers will have a cleanup day at 9:30 a.m. April 30 starting at Drive 19B on the west side of the lake.  The trail and extension are named for the late Paul Mattson.

The extension, Fowler said, is 0.7 mile and makes the full length of the Mattson Trail 2.1 miles. The trailhead starts at the inlet campground and follows the irrigation canal.  Signs have been posted along the road over the dam identifying the trail for motorists as a shared road.  A second trail at the lake, the Larry Roper Trail, was completed in 2005 and can be accessed from Johnson Lake Drive.

Fowler said a rest stop is planned on the trail, and funds have been provided by Buzz's Marine of Kearney for construction of an eight-sided gazebo.  Assistance has also come from Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Individual donations have been made and $25,000 was donated by the Lexington Foundation.

Also Tuesday, the group discussed the Johnson Lake Development golf tournament planned for May 22. The tournament will be a scramble for three-man teams with a limit of 36 teams.

Tom Mooberry, chairman of the tournament, said Plum Creek Motors of Lexington will offer a new car as a prize for a hole-in-one. Flag and door prizes also will be offered.  The cost per team is $150, which also buys a steak dinner. Proceeds will be donated to the Chapel of The Lake.

Rod Reynolds said this year's Light Up The Lake fireworks display will be July 3. He estimated $5,000 to $6,000 will be spent on the 30-minute display.

Jack Wieland said the dump for grass, leaves and tree branches will begin observing summer hours May 1. Those hours are from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.  Dump cards required for use of the site will be included in the quarterly newsletter to be mailed soon.

 

 

By HARRY G. PERKINS Hub Regional Correspondent, 10-23-09, Kearney HUB on line at:  http://www.kearneyhub.com

JOHNSON LAKE - Johnson Lake Development directors decided Tuesday to name the new portion of the hike and bike trail at the lake in honor of Paul Matson.

Matson spearheaded the effort that resulted in construction of the Larry Roper Hike and Bike Trail through the state park. Matson died Oct. 10 after a long battle with cancer.

In its final meeting of 2009, the board of directors approved a $27,305 budget for JLDI for 2010.

The budget does not include the expenses for the landfill at $12,700 and garbage removal at $26,568. These expenses are paid through a grant of $50,000 from the lake's owner, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Included in the budget is a proposal for $11,000 in contributions from the area associations for community betterment. About two dozen area associations that make up the JLDI membership.

Projects would be done in partnership with entities such as EMS, the community's first-responder unit; the lake chapel; and volunteer fire departments.

Projects mentioned include the hike and bike trail, the annual fireworks display, the carp fund, and lake safety initiatives. Directors would have to approve projects and use of the volunteer funds.

Another committee met with Central staff to develop ideas for lake betterment using a $100,000 contribution from Central. Among the ideas are connecting the chapel restroom to the sewer system and dredging parts of the lake.