Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer will be the featured keynote speaker at the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy graduation ceremony at 6:30 p.m. May 2 at the Champagne Jam Restaurant, Warsaw.
Thallemer is a graduate of Warsaw Community High School; Ball State University, Pre-Optometry; and Indiana University, B.S., Doctor of Optometry.
He established his optometry practice in 1980, which has grown to three optometrists and eight staff members.
Thallemer first moved to Warsaw in 1972 from South Bend. He and his wife, Jill, have four children.
Over the years, he has been involved in many church and school activities with his family, is a 30-plus-years member of the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club, and spent seven years on the local YMCA board.
He enjoys road biking and swimming, and has participated in 11 Optimist triathlons.
