EAU CLAIRE — For the second consecutive year, a truck dealership owned by the Eau Claire-based Hunter family earned Peterbilt's Medium Duty Truck Dealer of the Year award.

Hunter Peterbilt in Smithfield won that honor along with recognition for 25 years as a dealer.

Hunter Keystone Peterbilt in Lancaster won a Best in Class award recognizing top performing dealers, and Hunter stores in Lancaster, Uniontown and Eau Claire won Platinum Ovals recognizing sales and service excellence.

"We are honored to receive the award again this year, and thank Peterbilt for their support and investments in the production and marketing of Peterbilt's superior products," said Bob Hunter, dealer principal of Hunter Peterbilt.

The Hunter family has 12 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and has received a Platinum Oval award every year since 1992.

CENTER TWP — IntegraCare Corp. was honored with the People Do Matter award by the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association.It earned the award May 14 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh, in recognition of innovation in human resources.IntegraCare is a management company of Newhaven Court at Clearview, managing 10 senior living communities in Pennsylvania and Maryland with more than 500 employees.

WORTHINGTON — Two members of the Quality Care Team of Sugar Creek Rest were honored by the Armstrong County Healthcare Consortium during the sixth annual Health Care Recognition Luncheon at the Lenape Heights Golf Course.Margaret "Peg" Bowser and Kristy Kromer received plaques of appreciation for outstanding contributions to the health care industry at Sugar Creek Rest and Sugar Creek Personal Care.

Bill Hildebrandt, registered nurse, was selected as clinical supervisor of the surgical intensive care unit at Butler Memorial Hospital.Hildebrandt earned a nursing degree from Butler County Community College in 1994 and will complete his bachelor's degree in nursing from Waynesburg University in September.He has been with the Butler Health System since 1993 and has worked in both the medical and surgical intensive care units.

The Butler Rotary made donations to two medical organizations.The Rotary donated $1,000 to the Community Health Clinic of Butler County for its new dental office. The donation came from the Rotary's annual golf outing.Surgicorps International received $250 from the Butler Rotary to help that nonprofit provide free surgical and medical care for disadvantaged people in developing countries.

Parker — Central Electric Cooperative's board of directors appointed Ken Durrett of Butler to fill the Butler County vacancy.He replaces Robert Schroth, who announced his retirement earlier this year.Durrett, who has been a Central Electric member since 1996, will serve until the board of directors' meeting in September 2012.He has more than 25 years of business experience, having held senior level finance and chief operating executive positions with distribution and retail companies. He is a certified public accountant.Durrett also worked with Servistar in the past.

Saxonburg — Saxony Health Center hired Dr. Mark Carlsson as a new attending physician at Saxony Health Center.Dr. Carlsson is the proprietor of Butler Family Practice at 200 Renaissance Drive, Butler.Two other physicians in his practice also will see patients at Saxony Health Center, Dr. George Zagger and Dr. Stacy Curran.Carlsson has been in family practice since 1985 and specializes in geriatrics. He joined Butler Memorial Hospital in 1985 and lives in the Saxonburg area.Dr. Curran of Saxonburg has sports medicine experience, managing nonoperative orthopedic issues for our residents.Dr. George Zagger has been in the Butler area since 2003 and is certified in acupuncture.

Butler County Chamber of Commerce announced these two events:• 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12, a mixer for members of the Butler County, Clarion, Franklin and Venango Area chambers of commerce at The Foxburg Inn;• 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10, annual Celebrate Business Dinner at the Butler Country Club featuring the William A. Morgan Jr. Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Chamber Champion Award.For information, call the chamber at 724-283-2222.

PHILADELPHIA — Comcast reached a new seven-year agreement that will add the NBA TV channel to the cable TV operator's most popular digital tier of service before the start of the next pro basketball season.Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, struck the deal after NBA Digital agreed to sharply lower the per-subscriber rate it charges the cable operator, according to a person with knowledge of the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details. An official announcement was expected later.NBA TV had been aired only on Comcast's premium sports package, which costs $5 to $8 a month and has about 2 million viewers. By putting the channel in its "Digital Classic" tier as well, Comcast gives NBA TV around 13 million viewers.