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BLAKE, EARNED RECOGNITION FOR
BEING A GOOD PERSON.
MARK: CASEY BLAKE PLAYED
BASEBALL IN THE MINORS AND THE
MAJORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT
ALWAYS RENTED.
BECAUSE HE KNEW INDIANOLA WAS
COMING BACK.
THE PILLAR OF CHARACTER AWARD
BANQUET DRAWS RECOGNIZABLE
IOWANS AND ATHLETES, ALL TO
BENEFIT THE NON-PROFIT CHARACTER
COUNTS IN IOWA
BLAKE EARNED A LOT OF
RECOGNITION AS A FOUR-SPORT
ATHLETE AT INDIANOLA HIGH
SCHOOL, AND DURING A 12-YEAR
CAREER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
BUT SAYS THIS AWARD IS
DIFFEREN
BLAKE: IT MEANS A LOT MORE TO
ME, OBVIOUSLY, THAN ANY OTHER
ATHLETIC AWARD I'VE EVER GOTTEN.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU TRY TO
LIVE YOUR LIFE THE RIGHT WAY,
TRY TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE,
JUST BE A GOOD PERSO
AND FOR SOMEBODY TO RECOGNIZE
THAT IS REALLY COOL.
MARK: THE NEW BLAKE FIELDHOUSE
IS CONNECTED TO INDIANOLA MIDDLE
CASEY AND HIS WIFE DONATED $1
MILLION TO GET THE PROJECT
AND NOW, HIS HOMETOWN HAS AN
INCREDIBLE ATHLETIC FACILITY
AVAILABLE TO BOTH THE SCHOOL
LONGTIME FRIENDS SAY IT'S JUST
GIVE BACK.
BALLOON FESTIVAL, THE WARREN
AND VOLUNTEERS AT SPORTING
>> HE'S JUST WANT YOU WANT IN A
PERSONALITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
MARK: BLAKE AND HIS WIFE HAVE
HE COACHES HIS GIRLS IN
AND SAYS HE HOPES ALL KIDS IN
INDIANOLA HAVE THE SAME CHANCES
HE DID GROWING UP.
WITH GREAT PARENTS.
POSITION TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY OF INDIANOLA, THE
PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN AND
RAISED, AND GIVE THESE KIDS
OPPORTUNITIES, IT JUST MAKES Y
MARK: BLAKE IS 27TH WINNER OF