Recently, U.S. Navy veteran and former first responder, Michael Olson, crafted a dagger that was on display at Copeland’s in Freeport. It was then raffled off for the sheriff’s K-9 Unit Saturday, March 13, for National Service Dog Appreciation Day. “I had the privilege to hand over $750 to the K-9 Unit Lieutenant with the Walton County Sheriff’s Department, which is quite a large amount for a short project that I did not even know how to promote properly,” says Michael, attending the event with his service Mobility dog, Ruger. Michael says he has other projects coming up such as one that will be called the Walton County Line and another he’ll be creating entirely from material that came from Ground Zero that will be Phoenix Rising. “I am once again donating my time and efforts,” says Michael. “Just because I’m disabled doesn’t mean I can’t be of some service. With people openly calling to defund the police, I am doing everything I can do to try and help fund our local deputies, so they can do their job safely!”
