Kids lined up to get a look at the inside of a Kewanee Police Department squad car. [Photos by Michael Berry]

From fire trucks to classic cars, and from hot dogs to a movie in the park, Tuesday’s National Night Out event at Northeast Park offered something for kids of all ages.

Youngsters crawled into police cars and fire trucks, saw a demonstration of the Kewanee Police Department’s K9 officer at work, saw a huge Public Works Department end loader up close and stayed up till dark to watch a movie in the park.

Their parents had a chance to learn more about a wide array of social services available in Kewanee, and to get a close look at a collection of classic cars that was lined up in a Northeast parking lot.

Participating in National Night Out were the Kewanee Police Department and Kewanee Fire Department, Breanne Bryner with a car seat safety demonstration, Officer Josh Carpenter with a demonstration of the police department’s K9 dog and Bryner’s chain saw carvings.

The kids turned this Kewanee Public Works Department end loader into a piece of playground equipment.

Also taking part were the Kewanee YMCA, Relay for Life, Finish Well Ministry, Freedom House, Project NOW, the city’s Commission on Human Relations, Abilities Plus and Henry County Transportation, Abigail Reside of the H.E.L.P. Center, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Great Dane and Johanna Hager.

Other participants included the Tri-County Opportunities Council, OSF Patient Transport, TriCo Equestrian Center, Kewanee Elks Lodge 724, Regional Media, the Kewanee Animal Shelter, Safe Families for Children and the Kewanee Public Library.

Donating to make possible the showing of the Minecraft movie in the park were Peoples National Bank, Finish Well Ministry, Union Federal Savings and Loan and First Christian Church of Kewanee.