Photos: Inlet View Elementary’s Salmon Run and carnival turns South Addition into a block party

Updated: May 7, 2023 Published: May 7, 2023

People filled the streets of Anchorage’s South Addition neighborhood Saturday morning for Inlet View Elementary School’s annual Salmon Run and carnival.

The run featured 2K, 5K and 10K races, followed by a jam-packed carnival where kids played games, ate cotton candy and got their hair temporarily dyed and styled with glitter.

Kids run alongside a racer and cheer her on as she approaches the finish line during the Inlet View Elementary School Salmon Run in Anchorage’s South Addition neighborhood on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

After waiting in a long line for cotton candy, Brynn Barnes digs into her cone during the carnival. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Panting while he jogs up a small incline, 3-year-old Henry Prieksat looks toward the finish line while participating in the Inlet View Elementary School Salmon Run. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Tessa Bow chases bubbles during the Inlet View Elementary School Salmon Run carnival. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

A girl waits for a friend after getting her hair temporarily painted pink with glitter. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Iris, 4, jumps in a bouncy house during the Inlet View Elementary School Salmon Run carnival. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

A woman cheers as a she and a young boy cross the finish line. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

After waiting in a long line, Brynn Barnes gets cotton candy. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

A woman sprinkles glitter onto a boy’s temporarily-dyed and spiked hair during the Inlet View Elementary School Salmon Run carnival. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Emily Mesner

Emily Mesner is a multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.