LUNCH IS SERVED— Come on down to KTNA at Second Street. Lunch is served and the soup is on the stove. The hungry gentlemen opening the lunch buffet are  (left to right) KTNA fundraising coordinator Loudon Wilson, KTNA intern Suvan Sterling and two wonderful KTNA volunteers Stu Carnegie and Nick Condon. Photo by Diana Haecker

SUPPORTING KTNA— Longtime KTNA supporter, award-winning reporter and volunteer Amanda Randles writes in her pledge to KTNA in honor and memory of Michael “Mad Dog” Kelly. Please call in, pledge online or come by and visit to add your name to the list of proud KTNA supporters. Photo by Diana Haecker

IN THE STUDIO— KTNA volunteer Cari Sayre is in the studio this morning, playing classical music in one of our locally produced music shows instead of the usual Performance Today.  Our one-day fundraiser event continues with Susitna Valley Voice at 10 a.m., a call-in show hosted by Sue Deyoe, and the topic is the Village Park. Photo by Diana Haecker

The Green Light Circus entertained Talkeetna at the Sheldon Community Arts Hangar for three evenings last Thursday through Saturday. The events are the culmination of a three-week circus camp for local kids with Green Light Circus instructors. Photos by Diana Haecker

GREEN LIGHT CIRCUS PARADE— The circus is in town and nobody missed that fact as jugglers and acrobats took to Main Street in downtown Talkeetna. Green Light Circus performances are scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the Sheldon Community Arts Hangar. Photo by Diana Haecker

GREETING VISITORS— This little moose  decided to hang out in the green zone between the bike path and the Spur Road near the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge  for a few days, causing tour buses to stop for a photo opportunity. Photo courtesy of Carol Lincoln

PLANTING TREES— Mike Sterling, Arthur Mannix and Billy FitzGerald spent a recent afternoon planting native white spruce, birch and black currant plants near the bike path at Fish Lake. Photo by Diana Haecker

BALMY— Kahiltna basecamp saw warm temperatures in the past days, offering climbers near ideal climbing weather. However, pilots are worried that the snow goes too fast too early. Photo by Diana Haecker

The Talkeetna community was treated to a circus performance on Friday afternoon by Talkeetna Elementary students K through sixth grade, after artist in residence Meghan Holton worked with the kids on their circus acts for the past two weeks. Photos by Diana Haecker