

This is believed to be the first time for the Rotary Club of Mount Airy’s selection as Leading Club of the Year for the sprawling district. The award presentation occurred during the District 7690 Membership Summit Conference held at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. It includes chapters in the cities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point and Burlington among a 15-county area.īeing tapped for that distinction came as a complete surprise for a local Rotary delegation on hand for the occasion, according to longtime member Carol Burke, who was there and supplied information about the event. The Rotary Club of Mount Airy was honored Thursday as Leading Club of the Year for District 7690, which is situated in North Carolina’s Piedmont region. Surry County Sheriff’s spokesman Major Scott Hudson said at Olympia Monday morning the crime scene was still active and that a press release from his office with more information would be forthcoming.ĭetails will follow as they are made available.įifty different clubs are listed in District 7690 of the Rotary organization and a local group has been named the best of the bunch. while others commented with reports of a chase and gun shots fired.

Social media reports said some had noticed the law enforcement presence as early as 5:30 a.m. Investigators with metal detectors were in the drainage ditch in front of Olympia along Linville Road Ultimate Towing and Recovery was removing an unoccupied sedan from within the crime scene taped area around 10 a.m. At least a half dozen cars were seen turning around in the Renfro Corporation’s parking after cars passed by Olympia and were not able to turn into the lot. There was no obvious sign that a crime had occurred but investigators had taped off the parking lot of Olympia Family Restaurant which caused craned necks from passing motorists. Members of the Surry County Sheriff’s Office were on the scene of an investigation this morning at the Olympia Family Restaurant at the corner of Linville Road and Riverside Drive in Mount Airy. Police tape marked off Olympia’s parking lot while an investigation took place in the parking lot and grounds off of Linville Rd. Members of the Surry County Sheriff’s Office were on the grounds of Olympia Family Restaurant Monday morning.
