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Update on Larry Claussen Services: Johnson Lake – Larry “Hippie” Lee Claussen passed away February 12, 2018, in Lexington. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held on May 19, 2018, at 4:00pm at 125 Lakeview Acres at Johnson Lake. Memorials are suggested to the Johnson Lake EMS. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is assisting the family with arrangements.
New Business at Johnson Lake: Click at link on left for larger image and more info! New lake obituaries posted with funerals next week, click link at the left for 2018 Obituaries
The Artistic Cabinetry location at Johnson Lake is open for business! Cindy Fahrenbruch is hosted an open house on Friday July 21st from 5 to 8 PM. The new business is located in the old Subway building near the entrance to the main Game and Park Campground. The Johnson Lake Chamber of Commerce welcomed Artistic Cabinetry with a ribbon cutting just before the open house began... Thanks to all for the super turn out and thanks to Cindy for all of the great treats!!
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For a clarification on when SID charges will end, click on SID#1 News & Info on the left... ------- Pat Berggren of Mallard Beach & Broken Bow re-appointed to NG&PC. CLICK FOR STORY ------ JOHN WIGHTMAN, 78, 1938-2017 LEXINGTON – Long time public servant John Wightman of Lexington died on Thursday at the age of 78 after being transported to a local hospital.
Wightman attended Kearney State College, taught for one year in Dannenbrog then earned a law degree at UNL. He opened law offices in Lexington and Gothenburg Wightman got involved in politics 1974 when he began his first term as a city councilman in Lexington. He served one term before going back to the same office in 1984 until 2000. During that time he served as Lexington’s mayor from 1992-1995. In 2006 Wightman defeated Dick Pierce to win a seat in the Nebraska Legislature representing the state’s 36th district. He served two terms, he was unable to run for re-election in 2014 because of term limits. Click for full Obituary ====================================== Former J-laker, Heather Heinemann named General Manager of Lex Clipper-Herald: Story Here
LINCOLN — Bill Barrett, who served 10 years in the U.S. Congress and 12 in the Nebraska Legislature, was remembered Wednesday as a politician who preferred consensus and collegiality over partisan bickering and conflict. Barrett, a Republican Party activist, died Tuesday night in his hometown of Lexington, Nebraska. He was 87. Funeral services are pending. Gov. Pete Ricketts announced that U.S. and Nebraska flags will be flown at half-staff Sept. 28 in honor of Barrett. Read more about Bill Barrett here: World Herald Story
J-laker & Kearney Man, Ryan Johnson, Killed in Fatal Johnson Lake Accident: Fatal Accident
SID OPERATOR MAINTENANCE POSITION FILLED, SID BOARD WELCOMES
TRAVIS STITHEM--Click here to read about the SID's new Operator: Welcome Travis!!
Information regarding your SID billings and tax levy can be found here: Billing Info
Annual Assessment payments must be made before August 12th annually,
Free WiFi is now available at the following lake locations: MEDO'
S RESORT,
Portside Express (Ampride "C" store), LakeShore Marina, and the SID Bldg.
{Blue SID Bldg at 42738 Rd 748 (road south of the golf course, then west) -- Free WiFi!}
Johnson Lake, NE CHECK ON THE LEFT FOR LATEST UPDATES!! Also, check out all of the links at the bottom of this page! PLEASE NOTE: ALL OPEN FIRES ARE BANNED IN GOSPER CO. & AT JOHNSON LAKE UNLESS YOU ARE ISSUED A PERMIT...
Welcome to the new home for the Johnson Lake community website
. This move was necessary because MSN no longer is providing community websites and unfortunately, their suggested hosts could not accept and transfer all of the information contained on the old site. So, we will be beginning from scratch so to speak. Feel free to sign in and post to the existing messages; or create a new thread or chain of messages. Or, simply email me what you would like posted and I'll try to get it up asap.
mailto:webmaster@jlake.org
Please check the Navigation Links or Recent site activity links on the left for the latest posting in your area of interest. OR, Click View All at the very bottom on the left to view a listing of either the most recent posts or all posts to the site.
Again, we ask that you keep the post to items of interest to the Johnson Lake community and "no adult only" content please, as this site is open for viewing by all. We can not be responsible for the content posted; although we do request your cooperation, which is most appreciated.
Thanks for your support and interest! LarryO ( mailto:webmaster@jlake.org ) [ FAX 720-262-7757 ]
Click the following link that follows for a larger map of the lake: http://www.johnsonlake.org/images/map/JLmap900px.jpg showing the neighborhood names; and be sure to check the large lake map display located at Drive 26 when visiting the lake and then the address boards at the  entrance to each of the area neighborhood drives for the location of the people that you want to visit! Thanks to JLDI and the Girl Scouts Gold Project for creating the large Map display at Drive 26 and the Chamber for posting the map on their site; just click the link above to view it!
VISIT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE: http://johnsonlake.org
or, VISIT JOHNSON LAKES DEVELOPMENT (JLDI) -- THE LAKE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION'S SITE: JLDI.ORG
GO TO THE HOME PAGE ON THE ABOVE SITE TO SEARCH FOR NATIONWIDE TRAILS AND RELATED INFO
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY -- BEACH SAMPLING
2015 RESULTS FOR J-LAKE NG&PC SWIM BEACH:
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ALL NEBRASKA LAKES SAMPLED:
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND STATIONS
THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT GOT OUT AND VOTED; BE SURE TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER!
To design your own J-lake personal T-shirts,
mugs, accessories and other gift items; visit our on-line "J-Lake Custom's" shop:
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