By Stephen Smoot “Our precious Heavenly Father . . . we thank you for this opportunity to gather together,” prayed Roger Dahmer, Pendleton County commissioner, in the customary opening invocation. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Carl Hevener, commission president, called the meeting to order and the business of the day commenced. “I’d like to welcome everybody to this session of the Pendleton County Commission,” he started. He requested that the commission “change the agenda a little bit” and allow those...