Rita Esterly, a Jefferson City psychologist and counselor, will be the first local woman - and only the third woman in the state - to head Missouri Rotarians, when she's installed as district governor on Friday in ceremonies at the Jefferson City Country Club.
Her term will run for a year.
She also will be the first member of the 36-year-old Jefferson City West Rotary Club to hold the honor, although seven others from the Capital City have been ....