When attendance hit 3,000 a couple years back, the Monroe Rotary Club, lead organizer of National Night Out, marveled at the growing popularity of the event.
This year, they found that there was still room to grow, and grow it did: National Night Out attendance is estimated at about 4,000, and booths soared to nearly 80, up from 60 the year before.
In all, 70 pizzas and 900 hot dogs were consumed, along with countless cookies, bottles of water, bags of popcorn and sno-cones.
Below are some images from the event: readers are invited to submit there's as well. Send photos to editor@monroemonitor.com, and include who took the photo, and if known, who is in the photo. Larger files are better than smaller files, but we welcome all submissions.
Candy K9
This police dog's bark is definitely worse than it's bite, unlike police dogs giving demonstrations on the other side of the park. But any sneaky hand planning to make off with a piece of candy in the dish was met with a bark and a robotic snap of the jaws; the dog was demonstrating the mechanics of motion detection, often used in home security systems. The display was also a way to introduce people to the new -áclub coming this fall to Frank Wagner Elementary, where kids will have an opportunity to begin learning the basics of robot technology using Lego kits.
Photo by Polly Keary
Along for the ride
Samuel Armstrong, 22-months-old, with the assistance from dad Cody Armstrong of Monroe-á gets his first slide at one of six bouncy houses-áat National-áNight Out. This was Sam's first trip-áto the-áannual event.
Photo by Dan Armstrong
Little Miss Kitty
Kolby Payne gets shy and snuggles up to Mom Jacque after getting her face painted at National Night Out.
Photo by Dan Armstrong
Impressed
Detective-áBarry -áHatch of the Monroe Police Department demonstrates some of the equipment used to fight crime in Snohomish County.
Photo by Dan Armstrong
The Joker at National Night Out
As police gave demonstrations of crime fighting tactics, Olga Klavell of Monroe made an appearance as that famous nemesis of law and -áorder, the Joker, with the help of volunteer -áMaleah Minch. The face painting booth was busy all evening, rendering kids' faces into kitty cats, Seahawks and cartoon characters.
Photo by Dan Armstrong
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