 Following the commissioners' action, local Democrats unsuccessfully pushed to rename the highway for radio and television broadcaster Ruth Lyons, while area residents contacted the "Enquirer" to suggest Sabin, Lyons, Paul Brown, or Ted Berry.The county raised nearly $15,000 in private donations to install "Reagan Highway" signage.The former President's daughter, Maureen Reagan, dedicated the newly extended highway on September 13, 1994.