Platteville Optimist Club

Sue Leamy Kies graduated from Platteville High School and then returned to teach high school English twenty years later. In her memoir,...

Dan Rohrbach, CEO of Southwest Health Center updated us on the tremendous growth that has occurred at Southwest in the last several years....

Beth Frieders explaining horses' teeth Optimist President Alaina Reeves and Optimist Beth Frieders Our very own fellow Optimist Beth...

Doctor Kyle Quillin Optimist Vice President Bob Hundhausen and Doctor Kyle Quillin Doctor Quillin is a full-time...

Barb Stockhausen, President of the Rotary Club and fellow Optimist, introduced Angie Wright. Angie was a student participant in the...

Pictured above: Paul Budden, Dawn Drake, and Chris Budden Dawn Drake retired from UW-Platteville after 33 years with the UW-System. She...

Pictured L-R: Optimist member Chris Budden, Senior Center Program Coordinator Jill Goffinet, Optimist Club President, Alaina Reeves, and...

Pictured L-R above: Optimist Maxine Lane, Chief McKinley and Lt. Andrea Droessler. Platteville Police Chief Doug McKinley talked about...

Pictured above L-R: Maxine Lane, JoAnn McNett, Mitch McNett, Mike McNett and Optimist Club President Alaina Reeves The McNett family...

Patti and Terry Cullen Maxine Lane, Patti and Terry Cullen, Alain Reeves Patti and Terry Cullen shared the moving and...

Left: M. Lane, C. Reukauf, N. Dreckman, & A. Reeves. Right: Sheriff Dreckman & Captain Reukauf May is Law Enforcement Appreciation...

Kim Woodworth, a retired truck driver and small business owner, shared his passion for bikes with our Club. He enjoys riding and working...

Family Advocates held an Open House including a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at their new facility on Eastside Road on Thursday April 18th. ...

Paul Budden and Alaina Reeves, both Optimists and members of the Fire Department Fundraising Steering Committee, spoke about need for a...

Deputy Ric Hottenstein and Riggs visited a recent Optimist Club meeting. Riggs, a Belgium Malinois, is a member of the Grant County...

Doreen Hlavaty invited Lancaster Police Chief Deb Reukauf to speak to our Optimist Club about the Teen Court Program. Referring teen...

Lisa Schmitt shown above and her daughter Maria shown below spoke to our Optimist Club about Girl Scouts. Lisa explained the different...

Friday's speakers were from the Platteville Thrift Shop. Pictured above are L-R: Terry Wood, volunteer, Optimist Club President Alaina...

Our fellow Optimist, Doreen Hlavaty, shared photos and artifacts from her recent trip to the Galapagos Islands. Her artifacts included...

Recent speakers were Josh Bormann, Director of UW Platteville’s Huff Family Innovation  Center and Mason Kobliska, WiSys/VentureHome...