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Lead(H)er Launches

A new effort is underway to get young, professional women involved in the community. It's called Lead(H)er, pronounced "leader,"  and the founder is Melissa Pepper who's director of marketing for a law firm.

 Pepper wants to connect young women with experienced leaders.
She calls the program "strike a match" because it'll try to ignite a match between an experienced older person and a young woman.

During a launch party for Leader this week, Pepper received a 10,000 dollar check from Royal Neighbors to get started. Other corporate sponsors include Missman, Northwest Bank and Trust, the Girl Scouts, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, and Integrity Integrated. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.