Platteville Optimist Club

Mattie Schutte Mattie Schutte left her home in Berlin, Germany to spend the school year as a foreign exchange student at the Platteville High School. She and last week's speaker, Nadia de las Rivas are both staying with Optimist Amber Monroe. Mattie has had to adjust from living in a large metropolitan area to the much slower pace of our small city. She shared pictures of festivals in Germany, which almost always include German beer. Both large and small Christmas markets a

Left and center: Nadia de las Rivas, PHS foreign exchange student. Right: Nadia and Optimist Victoria Hundhausen share a few words in Spanish. Nadia de las Rivas, a foreign exchange student at Platteville High School, is spending the school year with Optimist Club member Amber Monroe. Nadia is from Spain but more specifically from Palma the capital city of the island of Mallorca. Located in the Mediterranean Sea, Mallorca is the largest of the five islands comprising the Bal

L-R: Paul Budden, Platteville Fire Department with Optimist Club President Terri Ellis On behalf of the Platteville Fire Department and the New Fire Facility Fundraising Committee, Paul Budden accepted a $3,000 check from the Platteville Optimist Club. The Optimist Club committed to a $5,000 pledge for the new fire station in 2024 and they have now fulfilled their pledge. Paul reported on the progress being made with the new station. Those that drive by the new facility c

L-R: Platteville Music Boosters Officers Jana Haight, Annie Cox, Joanna Richter, and Platteville Optimist Club President Terri Ellis Platteville Music Boosters officers accepted a $500 grant from the Platteville Optimists. The music boosters recently completed a major fundraising effort to install a new sound system in the Platteville High School Auditorium. The school district covered 50% of the cost. The boosters were awarded grants from the Platteville Optimist Club an