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Trent employee Dave Ruthowsky, one of Peterborough's top softball pitchers, was inducted to the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony held June 1. Ruthowsky, Supervisor of Facility Maintenance, was one of six named this year to the Sports Hall. He has played on teams that have won 14 provincial and five Canadian championships in his four-decade athletic career. He won 30 top pitching awards including two at the national championships. His team won a 1979 Pan-American Games gold medal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Previously elected to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame (1990), Ruthowsky was elected to the Canadian Softball Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the world champion Victoria team.