Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway Roanoke Chapter chair Heidi Ketler (at center) has won the 2015 Virginia Cox Conserves Heroes Award, besting two other nominees in online voting. Cox Communications will donate $10,000 to Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway-Roanoke Valley Chapter (the conservation organization of her choice). “We will put the funds to maximum use toward the mission of preserving, protecting and promoting the Blue Ridge Parkway,” said Ketler. “Our first request … is for three handlebar weed trimmers. The park service staff goes through a lot of those!:
“Friends of The Blue Ridge Parkway” Wins Cox Heroes Award
