TOP: Delaney Duck, an eighth-grader at Kenai Middle School, paints Kaiden Tressler’s face during the Mountain View Elementary School’s carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. All proceeds from the carnival go towards student activities, like field trips, according to Principal Karl Kircher. RIGHT: Parker Wolverton participates in the cake walk during the Mountain View Elementary School carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

TOP: Delaney Duck, an eighth-grader at Kenai Middle School, paints Kaiden Tressler’s face during the Mountain View Elementary School’s carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. All proceeds from the carnival go towards student activities, like field trips, according to Principal Karl Kircher. RIGHT: Parker Wolverton participates in the cake walk during the Mountain View Elementary School carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Crazy carnival

Delaney Duck, an eighth-grader at Kenai Middle School, paints Kaiden Tressler’s face during the Mountain View Elementary School’s carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. All proceeds from the carnival go towards student activities, like field trips, according to Principal Karl Kircher. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Parker Wolverton participates in the cake walk during the Mountain View Elementary School carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Parker Wolverton participates in the cake walk during the Mountain View Elementary School carnival on Thursday, Oct. 19 in Kenai. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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