Platteville Optimist Club

L-R: Optimist Member Paul Budden, Rev Dr. Dale Young, Optimist President Terri Ellis Rev Dr. Dale Young spoke to the Optimist Club about "Navigating the Headwinds" at the July 24, 2026 meeting. Dale graduated from Platteville High School and UW-Platteville. He graduated from the Navel Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and was commissioned a navel officer. He served in combat in Vietnam and later served as a communications officer at the Pentagon in Washin

Robin Fatzinger 2026 Volunteer of the Year Robin Fatzinger was recognized as the Platteville Optimist Club Volunteer of the Year at the "Salute to Volunteers" during the Party in Park on July 23, 2026. Robin volunteers to help with many of our club activities. She serves as co-chair of the Community Service Committee. She organized the hot dog give-a-way for the Ribbon Cutting of the new Platteville Family Aquatic Center. Recently she was involved in getting donations and r

The Platteville Optimist Club gave out cookies and milk at the Annual Chamber "Salute to Volunteers" during the Party in the Park held on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The milk was provided by Ernie Thalmann in memory of Dick, Mary Jo and Carol Loeffelholz. A big Thank You to Carley Borcherding, Linda Richardson, Ernie Thalmann, and Robin Fatzinger for working at the event. Congratulations Robin Fatzinger for being selected as the Platteville Optimist's Volunteer of the Year. V

Fire Chief Ryan Simmons Fire Chief Ryan Simmons was our speaker today. He spoke about the new fire facility and offered some helpful life saving tips that everyone can use at home. The new fire facility is progressing very well with occupancy of the new station hopefully around Aug 1st. The old station’s footprint could almost fit into the new stations apparatus bays it’s that big. The old station’s doors are only 10 ft x10 ft forcing the department to purchase custom built