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Morrow County meeting opens with prayer honoring deputy sheriff
Summary
Morrow County commissioners opened their session with a prayer that named a fallen deputy, offered condolences to his family and first responders, then moved quickly through routine minutes, payments and fund transfers before adjourning.
Morrow County commissioners opened their meeting with an interfaith prayer naming a slain deputy and offering condolences to his family and the county's law enforcement community.
An unidentified speaker led the prayer and said the county and its first responders "mourn the loss of our beloved deputy sheriff Daniel Weston Shearer," asking for comfort for "the Scherer family" and for fellow deputy officers, first responders and dispatchers. The transcript spells the family name inconsistently; the meeting record first gives the name as Daniel Weston Shearer and later refers to the family as "Scherer." The meeting record does not provide further details about the deputy's death.
The prayer was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. After opening formalities, the board proceeded to routine business including approval of minutes and several financial items.
The meeting did not include an extended public discussion of the deputy's death; the invocation served as the memorial acknowledgment before the board took up its scheduled agenda items.
