CASCADE LOCKS — The annual National Night Out is scheduled for Aug. 4. This event is a community-building campaign with a focus on public safety and fun activities.

Cascade Locks will have a community picnic starting at 4 p.m. There will be free food as well as music, karaoke, and traditional field day events like gunny sack, three-legged, wheelbarrow and other races (that may include a tug-of-war contest between the port and the city).  The day’s activities will conclude with special Movies in the Park showing of a family-friendly fire fighter comedy starring John Cena, with free popcorn.