Years

ago, residents of Willie Adams Road wanted the

name changed because they thought

"Willie" sounded too black, said

current resident Arnie Geiger.

But

that was years ago, and times have changed,

Geiger told county commissioners last week. All

the current residents want the name changed back

to Willie Adams Road, he said, to properly honor

the farmer and well-known community member for

whom it is named.

Commissioners

expressed willingness to change the road's name,

but tabled the matter to get more information.

The road, which runs of Farr Road, may be partly

in Tyrone, in which case the residents would have

to petition the Town Council as well as the

commission to get the name changed.

The

panel will take the matter up again during its

July 22 meeting, after checking out

jurisdictional questions.

In

other business, commissioners voted unanimously

last week to buy a road striping machine so

stripes can be returned to county roads quickly

after repaving.

The

state Department of Transportation repaves

numerous roads in Fayette, but it's often months

before the state crews return to paint new

stripes, according to public works director Lee

Hearn.

"This

is a very good step on the county's part,"

said Commissioner Linda Wells. After roads are

repaved, she said, "You get a rainy night

and you have no idea where you are on that

road."

TranSafe

(Transportation Safety Products) Inc. was awarded

the bid for the machine at a cost of $29.923.

According to a memo from Hearn, the county paid

contractors $37,059.55 last year to stripe county

roads.

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