With glee, 154 graduating seniors walked onto a makeshift podium at Wood River High School Wednesday night and celebrated their success. Aspiring pro-hockey player Spencer Brendel, left, takes his excitement one step higher with a perfectly performed double fist pump, before skating away on a cloud of satisfaction. Hugging teacher and commencement speaker Midge Patzer is Whitney DeBree, right, who is heading off this fall to Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. Photo by David N. Seelig