William Penn Life, 2012 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2012-04-01 / 4. szám

Tibor's Take with Tibor Check, Jr.

A slow day at The Souvenirs of Hungary’ radio show

I HAVE MENTIONED several times about the Hungarian radio program my family has hosted for almost 33 years now. It is not uncommon for me to do a show by myself. Ideally, you need at least three people to successfully orchestrate the production of "The Souvenirs of Hungary" radio program. But, as our family grows up, education and other requirements of life limit the number of helpers available to assist in presenting the show.

As we all know you must adapt to survive. When doing a radio program solo, the whole thing often times becomes quite hectic. You have to answer phone calls for dedications, engineer the controls and signal output, cue up records or CD's, introduce songs and announce the community bulletin board. A casual observer may see juggling these tasks as almost impossible. However, with proper tutelage, exposure and practice, the routine becomes quite manageable.

The first time I engineered the radio show without any help was one of the last times my Nagypapa Cseh did the program (in late 2003). I was just shy of my 13th birthday. My parents had taken my siblings to the William Penn Branch 28 Christmas party, and my Gramps asked me to answer the phones for dedications. Just prior to the noon broadcast, he told me that he was not up to engineering, and I would have to do that task as well. I was overwhelmed, but I wanted to show him I could do it. I was shaking inside. I did not want to disappoint him nor my parents. He said: "Don't worry you will do fine. You are now the fourth generation of the Check family to run the program.

You have helped with this before; you know what you are doing!"

I sat in the engineers' chair, cued up our opening theme, ("Most Kezdődik a Tánc” by Kalman Lendvay) and away we went. I made a few mistakes, but, by and large, the show was a success. About 15 minutes into the program, my Gramps excused himself to take the long trek downstairs to use the restroom. He issued me instructions for what music to play, to whom the selections should be dedicated and how to pronounce each in English and Magyar. As I went from song to song, I

Point to Ponder....

A few years ago, I wrote about the forced closings of four of the five Magyar Roman Catholic churches in the Cleveland Diocese. Recently, Our Lady of Hungary in Youngstown, Ohio, was shuttered. Only St. Stephen of Hungary remains to serve the Hungarians of the area. Last month, the Vatican told Bishop Lennon of the Cleveland Bishopric that he was wrong in closing over a dozen ethnic churches. St. Emeric is one of the four Hungarian churches that must be reopened. Unfortunately, my parish, St. Margaret, has been sold for more than a million dollars, and the church itself is a storage/mechanic shop for a local village. The churches in the Akron and Lorain areas will remain closed. My point to ponder is this: Should the Catholic church allow one person to have the decision-making power to close more than 50 churches in a few years span? Or, do you believe that ALL church leaders have been anointed with the ability to discern divine providence?

6 0 April 2012 0 William Penn Life