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"I got too much to live for and I don't want to kill myself in an airplane ... I believe my time's come or it's getting very near." -- Zach Reynolds in an interview with the Sentinel 10 years before his death. Thirty years ago, Zachary Taylor "Zach" Reynolds met death on the way to Devotion. The plane he was riding in fell from the sky en route to Devotion, the family estate in Surry County.

"I got too much to live for and I don't want to kill myself in an airplane ... I believe my time's come or it's getting very near." -- Zach Reynolds in an interview with the Sentinel 10 years before his death. Thirty years ago, Zachary Taylor "Zach" Reynolds met death on the way to Devotion. The plane he was riding in fell from the sky en route to Devotion, the family estate in Surry County.

"I got too much to live for and I don't want to kill myself in an airplane ... I believe my time's come or it's getting very near." -- Zach Reynolds in an interview with the Sentinel 10 years before his death. Thirty years ago, Zachary Taylor "Zach" Reynolds met death on the way to Devotion. The plane he was riding in fell from the sky en route to Devotion, the family estate in Surry County.

"I got too much to live for and I don't want to kill myself in an airplane ... I believe my time's come or it's getting very near." -- Zach Reynolds in an interview with the Sentinel 10 years before his death. Thirty years ago, Zachary Taylor "Zach" Reynolds met death on the way to Devotion. The plane he was riding in fell from the sky en route to Devotion, the family estate in Surry County.

Senior advisers to Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team include former members of Congress, veterans of former Gov. George Allen's administration, and representatives of key constituent groups, from business to the National Rifle Association and The Virginia Family Foundation.

TRIAD -- With Halloween's passing and Thanksgiving quickly approaching, area Salvation Army planning for the annual Red Kettle campaign is under way. "We're anticipating this coming season as the toughest yet," said Capt. Those new opportunities include credit card machines that will be present at four of the High Point kettle locations, a first for the campaign.

TRIAD -- With Halloween's passing and Thanksgiving quickly approaching, area Salvation Army planning for the annual Red Kettle campaign is under way. "We're anticipating this coming season as the toughest yet," said Capt. Those new opportunities include credit card machines that will be present at four of the High Point kettle locations, a first for the campaign.

The Winston-Salem Journal has hired a veteran advertising and publishing executive as its new vice president of sales and marketing. Jeffrey Green will begin on Nov. 9. Green most recently served as the president and chief executive of the IWANNA division for Fayetteville Publishing Co. in Asheville and Greenville, S.C. He replaces Mike Baskin, who resigned last month.

Hartsville Today is up and running once again. A catastrophic hardware failure caused the interactive citizen journalism Web site to crash Oct. 2. "It has a little different look. Previously registered users of the site will have to re-register on the site, Fisher said. About 1,900 members were registered on the site when it crashed, according to Fisher.

Republican Bob McDonnell has a double-digit lead over his opponent in the governor's race in most regions of Virginia -- including Southwest Virginia -- according to poll results released Saturday. The poll also shows that McDonnell has significantly improved his lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds during the past two weeks.