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Sane men of all political leanings have expressed their outrage, the 11 murdered athletes are not going to come back to life and obviously the void in the minds of the perpetrators will never be penetrated by any number of words on paper. The Olympic movement, which is supposed to exemplify love and brotherhood among men and nations will never be the same. Granted the next Olympics are four years away, but the blood-stained dagger of Black September will hang over the playing fields for forty years hence. It's going to be slightly difficult for an athlete to compete if he's looking over his shoulder for a masked assassin with a sub-machine gun, In terms of international relations, the Munich incident could very easily produce disastrous results. The peace in the Middle East, which since the Five Day War in 1967 has hung in precarious balance, may erupt into full and bloody war as Israel has threatened (justifiably) to carry out reprisals against terrorist groups operating in the Arab world. Even if open war does not break out, any attempts to solve the problems in the Middle East through negotiations have surely been dealt a crushing blow. And finally, the murders have to be a shattering experience for the people of Munich and West Germany. A tremendous amount of care and detail was devoted this year in Munich to erasing the memory of the Games held in that city in 1936, when Nazi madmen used the event to expound the racist principles of the Third Reich. Determined efforts were made to keep politics out of the 1972 Games, though not very successfully. For even before the murders, pressure from African nations resulted in the expulsion ' of 'Rhodesia over that country's racial policies. The memory of the 1972 Games will be dominated by the act of sheer terrorism, much the same as the memory of the 1936 Games is by the rantings of Hitler and his ,. thugs, The shadow of death has not only squelched the Olympic flame, it has darkened Munich, West Germany, indeed, the entire planet. As I write this, the Soviets and the Canucks have teed off against each other in three games and so-called hockey experts are shaking their heads in dismay at the strength and determination of the Russian squad. So far in this eight-game affair we've witnessed some hockey as it has never been played before. I'm amazed not so much by the fact that the Russians are playing so incredibly well, but rather by the supreme psyching the Soviets have done on the Canadian press. Prior to the series, we were led to believe Russian goal-tending was not up to par, and that the Russians don't have "big-league shooters," and they wouldn't be able to stand up to the heavy body-checking. My, my, my. I guess it goes to show you should never believe everything you read. For that Russian goalie is like a magician, stopping slap shots as if he was catching rain drops in a barrel. In the hitting department, more than one Canadian has ended up on the seat of his pants after collisions with members of the big red team. They are as strong as bulls, and somewhere along the line they have picked up all the subtler aspects of the game which supposedly only the NHLers had patents on: like hooking, grabbing, butt-ending, spearing, elbow smashing, and face massaging with the big hockey glove. The Russians, they say, have spent years studying the NHL style of hockey. Obviously, they've done their homework. The series of course is probably the best thing that's happened to hockey in this country since the invention of skates. The games so far have been most entertaining, the calibre of play supreme. Regardless of the outcome of the remaining games, Canada is going to have to change its thinking towards hockey, from the Squirt level right up to the pros.For years the accent in Canada has been on development of individual skills. Now, I believe more stress must be placed on team unity, the functioning of five men on the ice who act and react as one, at the same time not diminishing the talents of the individual. If the Russians teach us a lesson at our own game (and they've done pretty well so far) then the very least we should do is learn from the experience. And that learning process has to begin with the young players. In ten years or so, the boys who are now in minor hockey will be facing the Russians, and the time to prepare for that day is now. One thing disturbs me a little about the series: Cashman. If old Toothy keeps running at the boys in red the way he has been, he could become a threat to international relations. He's a tough cookie who no doubt has shown the Russians a trick or two. Too bad we didn't have a whole team like him. WOGGOCGLG IOV OU 2 00568 PORT PERRY PASTORAL CHARGE The United Church of Canada Rev, W. Mark Reeves, Minister SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- Services will be held at Port Perry at 10 a.m. and at Prince Albert at 11:30 am, The Minister's topic, at both: Churches, will be, "A Distorted Melody". Copies of the new Hymn Book will be dedicated in The Port Perry Church School will begin a new / season at 10 am. Pupils and parents are asked to X take note. CHURCH OF ASCENSION ANGLICAN Rev. R, C. Rose, Minister SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- Trinity XVI 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion . Church School - ST. JOHN, BLACKSTOCK SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- Trinity XVI ; . 11:15 a.m. Morning Prayer Church School memory of departed loved. A ones, ii Church Services bj PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. William Black, F.R.G.S. SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- 10:00 a.m. - Bible Snapshot #16 The Book of Psalms "Magnificent Melodies" RALLY DAY for Sunday School. United Church of Canada SCUGOG Pastoral Charge Rev. B. R. Pogue Rev. P. C. Brown . SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- 9:45 a.m,--SCUGOG 11:15 a,m.--MANCHESTER PORT PERRY BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. D. C.. Payne, Pastor SUNDAY, SEPT. 17th-- 9:50 - Bible School 11:00 a.m, Morning Worship 7:00 p.m, Evangelistic Ser- vice. Rev. V. Norm Wyman, Wed. 7:30 p.m. - Family Prayer & Bibie Hour PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Rev. R. Batten, Rev. |. MacLean 10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour 11 am. - Praise & Worship : 7 p.m, - Evang, Service BACK HOE Box 489 PORT PERRY Hank's Excavating| SEWER INSTALLATION COMPRESSOR RENTALS Dig Depths up to 18V2 feet. 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