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The 2010 Longview Park Grants were awarded at last night’s City Council meeting, splitting up $25,000 for several projects around the city. Central Youth Baseball will get $2,954 for field improvements at Archie Anderson Park. The Longview Noon Rotary will receive $10,000 for universally accessible playground surfacing and equipment at Lake Sacajawea Park. The Old West Side Neighborhood Association was awarded $2,500 for the first phase of a sidewalk replacement project at Vandercook Park. Longview Girls Softball gets $1,238 to replace safety netting over the public areas at 7th Avenue Park, and the Longview Soccer Club will receive $8,308 to help pay for irrigation systems at their fields at 7th Avenue Park. A $25,000 request from Longview Babe Ruth Baseball was rejected, because the group hadn’t secured commitments for their portion of the funding, and also hadn’t secured the location of their proposed batting cage at Roy Morse Park. The Council also approved using some left-over 2009 Park Grant funds to help pay for damage done to Western Baseball facilities at John Null Park.