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My story: Years ago I was hit head on by a drunken driver and the officers talked to me and kept me calm while they helped paramedics and firefighters untangle my body from the wreckage. For the next month, they kept me updated about the driver (third DUI, no insurance, and on the run). I am incredibly grateful for the care shown by the officers, and want to show them that we care, too.

Driving from Idaho to California recently, I was saddened by all the news involving the harming of police officers. We could put blue light bulbs on porches or anywhere else around our homes or business to show our support for the men and women in blue that give their lives to protect us. My hope is that officers driving by homes and businesses notice the blue lights and that it will touch their hearts, and show them firsthand there is support for them. I’ve started sending emails to the media nationwide. I am hoping everyone who reads this will help get this message out and that each community will help get the blue light bulb message out however they can.

Mayor Widmyer of Coeur d’Alene received my email and has reached out to help me share the blue light campaign, and also is working on his own project to recognize our law enforcement officers. Mayor Widmyer is heading fundraising efforts for construction of a law enforcement memorial in McEuen Park. The memorial is a “Thin Blue Line” waterscape that would also include three waterfalls

KELLY GUNDERSON

Twin Falls