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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

Valedictorian Erik Patak offered humor to his audience as he created a chemical reaction during his address to his classmates at Voorheesville’s graduation ceremony on June 26. In life, as in the glass of water he held, instead of seeing the glass as half-full or half-empty, Patak said, “Try to fill it to the top.” Patak spoke of attitudes of optimists, pessimists, pragmatists who attempt to drink the water, and chemists who warn that the liquid may not be water, before adding a second solution that turned the “water” opaque. “The key to happiness is attitude,” Patak said.