Peter Rao, ACHE, executive director of Lake Regional Medical Management, has received the Early Career Healthcare Executive Regent's Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.

F. Richard Van Pelt and Kay Ann Van Pelt, attorneys with the law firm of Van Pelt & Van Pelt, P.C., have been listed among Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers for 2008. They practice in the area of family law.

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