{Ashland, Kentucky}…During
a ceremony in Ashland Tuesday afternoon, former Ashland police officer Kevin
Gunderson, who was shot in the line of duty, received the national Theodore
Roosevelt Police Award. As part of the award, the Theodore Roosevelt
Association made a $500 donation to the Putnam Stadium Restoration Project in
Gunderson’s name. Gunderson, who was
left a paraplegic after he was shot in the neck while trying to serve a
non-support warrant at a residence in Ashland on
July 18, 1980, has been a City Commissioner in Ashland for more than 20 years. He was
recently re-elected to a new two year term.