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Fighting hunger and believing in Christmas

Tom Pounds on the Free From Hunger campaign and Michael S. Miller on the Make-A-Wish CDs. page 3

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Fighting hunger

hen Toledo Free Press and several partners — Columbia Gas of Ohio, Hollywood Casino Toledo, Wells Fargo Advisors, WNWO and 1370 WSPD — launched Free From Hunger 2013, we of course knew there was no imminent end to the problem. If anything, the agencies we have helped — Food For Thought, Feed Lucas County Children and Cherry Street Mission Ministries — are busier than ever. But in terms of raising awareness and much-needed funds, the year’s campaign is a success. In addition to the $15,000 cash that has been raised and distributed to these agencies through the Toledo Community Foundation, several events kept the spotlight on hunger in our hometown. Free From Hunger 2013 played a role in such fundraising events as the concert with “Bachelor” Bob Guiney, the tremendously successful Jam City peanut Thomas F. Pounds butter-and-jelly event, Food Fight 419, the Hunger Awareness Family Festival, the upcoming “Anchorman 2” reception with WTOL-11 anchor Jerry Anderson and others. As we enter the holiday season, we will feature more about the Cherry Street Mission. As stated on its website, “Cherry Street provides a variety of services to roughly 400 people a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We serve any person in need of food, clothing, shelter, and supportive services who comes to our doors. No one is turned away.” That is a major responsibility that requires nonstop effort and action. As many of us prepare for the bounty and festivities of the holiday season, it is imperative that we help our neighbors. Cherry Street Mission does not receive any United Way or government funds for its programs. There are many ways you can help: O Make a monetary donation. O Mail in a donation form. O Donate online. O Become a Pillar of Hope monthly giver. O Volunteer your time and talents. O Donate items such as food and clothing. O Donate specific items on the mission’s wish list. O Donate other items such as cash, stocks, bonds, automobiles, boats, real estate, collectibles, bequests, life insurance, charitable trusts and donor-advised funds. We thank our partners in Free From Hunger 2013. And while we are pleased to have helped in some small way, we also recognize this is a long-term battle that will require many more movements, many more partners and many more understanding and giving hearts. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

LIGHTING THE FUSE

If you believe

osh Whitney of the band The Eight Fifteens is quick to efforts, conveys the heart and soul of the Charles Dickens point out that his track “If You Believe” was not written classic. The all-star cast includes WSPD’s Fred LeFebvre as as a holiday song. It was, he said, written during a time of Scrooge (a casting masterstroke that garnered a masterful performance), Jerry Anderson as the ghost of Jacob Marley marital communication problems as a plea for peace. and Rick Woodell and Mary Beth Zolik of But when I heard the song for the first The River as Ghosts of Christmas Present time, while looking for tunes for last sumand Past. Toledo Free Press Star contributors mer’s Red Cross benefit CD, I not only and WSPD “Eye on Your Weekend” panelists wanted to include it in the 2013 holiday colJeff McGinnis and Jim Beard provide cameos lection, I knew it should be the title track. and I am proud that my sons, Evan, 7, and As we unveil “Holiday Wishes 3: If You Sean, 5, play the roles of the boy sent for the Believe” this week at The Town Center at turkey and Tiny Tim. The entire production Levis Commons, I am confident in the is held together by nuanced narration by choice. If any sentiment encapsulates the actor/director Matthew Gretzinger. spirit of Christmas, it’s “If you believe.” BeMusic producer/genius Mighty Wyte and cause the season is meaningless unless you believe in something. If you believe in the Michael S. miller I spent a five-hour session adding sound effects and music; it amazes me that my ambirth of Jesus. If you believe in Santa Claus. If you believe in family and the precious gift of life. None of ateur idea could become reality in the hands of so many it is worth the melted snow off Frosty’s back without belief. dedicated professionals. The Eight Fifteens were gracious enough to remaster the track with some subtle holiday bells, but even without them, Matching favorites the song sets a tone for this year’s CD. We are offering a I freely admit that while the project exists to serve the two-CD set with 45 songs by local musicians for $10. Every charity, I get some personal satisfaction by matching some cent of the sales benefits the local chapter of Make-A-Wish of my favorite songs with some of Foundation. Not only are you getting more than twomy favorite artists. I specifically reand-a-half hours of timeless holiday quested three songs this year and music, you are helping a family make the results are far better than I could things better for their sick child. have imagined. White recorded Do you believe in that? The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” with vulnerability and raw longing. Easier but harder Collins lent her talents to “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” This is the third year for this series, and my guess is there will be a and while producing the CD has belot of October babies who owe come easier, compiling the music is gettheir conception to the senting more difficult — for all the right reasuality and aching desire her sons. More than 80 local artists submitted voice embeds in the track. Joel tracks for this year’s project. The bad news Zmuda brought a new take to is that it was impossible to include them one my old favorites, Bobby all. The good news is that we have a major Darrin’s “A Christmas Auld head start on the 2014 CD. Lang Syne,” and nailed every syllable of the The music is made by local talent, from lyrics’ humility and gratitude. familiar names such as Mannheim SteamI would like to tell you the story behind every track, but roller, Sanctus Real, Pat Dailey, Kerry Patrick Clark, Mike “Mad Dog” Adams, Ramona Collins, Nine Lives and Kyle two in particular merit your attention. Toledo Free Press White to new contributors like Ear Candy, Kelly Broadway, Design Editor James A. Molnar adds to his resumé as a Estar Cohen Project, Shawn Highsmith, Brad McNett and print, blog, TV and radio personality with an original song, “December Star.” When Molnar told me he was writing TJ Thomas. There are remarkable spoken-word tracks by the and recording a track with his friend Luke D. Rosen, a song ethereal Suzanne Carroll, K100 mainstay Harvey Steele, about the passing of his mom, Paula Molnar Fels, I was a bit WNWO newsman Jim Blue and Jennifer Rockwood, the nervous; how would I tell a friend and co-worker if his song first lady of Toledo theater. The crown jewel of this year’s wasn’t up to standards? It was an unnecessary worry. spoken-word collection is a 12-minute dramatic version of “A Christmas Carol,” which, despite my clumsy editing n MILLER CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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Ensuring Ohio can out-innovate the world

n Ohio, we know that manufac- vanced manufacturing. We do better when we work toturing is a ticket to the middle class. But for too long, Wash- gether — and a Network for Manuington has made choices that leave facturing Innovation would estabdomestic manufacturing behind — lish a public-private partnership whether it’s bad trade deals, not en- giving small businesses, industry forcing trade laws, unfair taxes or not leaders and research institutions the tools they need to investing in innovation compete on a global and technology. scale. These regional, As a result, our naindustry-led hubs will tion has suffered more leverage local experthan 60,000 plant clotise and will hopefully sures since 2000, and create thousands of lost more than 5 million high-paying, highmanufacturing jobs. tech manufacturing This affects our entire jobs for next-generaeconomy because manufacturing has a larger Sherrod BROWN tion workers. In August, the multiplier effect than first-ever manuany other industry. network In fact, for every When American facturing — the National $1 spent in manuAdditive Manufacfacturing, another $1.48 is added to manufacturing moves turing Innovation Institute (NAMII) the economy. While we are to other countries we — opened in Yo u n g s t o w n , beginning to see growth in cutting- don’t just lose produc- Ohio. Now called America Makes, edge manufacturing and tech- tion, we also forgo the this hub is becoming a national nology jobs, the “innovate here, innovation. That’s why model for tying together manumake it there” syndrome — where Sen. Roy Blunt and I facturing supply chains with American businesses create new introduced the Revi- product development. The instiproducts but make them overseas — is talize American Manu- tute is supported by $30 million of holding us back. We must do better. facturing and Innova- federal funding matched by A few years ago, tion Act of 2013.” and $40 million of priI visited the nation’s vate funds — and largest yogurt production facility in Minster, Ohio. At it’s making Youngstown a world Dannon, the plant workers told me leader in 3-D printing manufacabout how they realized there was a turing technology. We need to build on this momore efficient and less expensive way to produce the yogurt. By designing a mentum. Our bipartisan bill is supnew, simple process to fill the yogurt ported by the National Association containers, the workers showed first- of Manufacturers and the Semiconhand how innovative processes are ductor Equipment Manufacturers, often discovered on the factory floor. as well as other business, labor, and When American manufacturing university groups. Our workers have the drive, the moves to other countries we don’t just lose production, we also forgo creative thinking and the determination to out-innovate the rest of the the innovation. That’s why Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. world. And our legislation will give and I introduced the Revitalize them the tools to do so and carry the American Manufacturing and In- rest of our nation into the next gennovation Act of 2013, which would eration of manufacturing. O create a Network for Manufacturing Innovation in an attempt to position Sherrod Brown (D) is the senior the U.S. as the world’s leader in ad- United States senator from Ohio.

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 ToledoFreePress.com n MILLER CONTINUED FROM 3 “December Star” is a beautiful, emotional tribute that will take its place alongside the classics for those fortunate enough to hear it. Thank you, James. Another remarkable track, which like “If You Believe” was not conceived as a holiday song, is Jeff Stewart’s “Sleepyhead.” The intimate, heartbreaking track encompasses just two people, a long, cold night and snowy roads; it contains a hook that could be a line from a novel: “She writes ‘I am fragile’ with the refrigerator magnets/ There’s many more words to choose from but she picks this and its fragments.” Stewart reveals more about the inner workings of his characters in four minutes than many films do in two hours. If Stewart’s new CD maintains the quality of “Sleepyhead” and his Red Cross track, “Little One,” he will deliver a masterpiece.

Many champions

As always, there were many champions who helped make this project a reality. In addition to literally hundreds of artists, I owe gratitude to Christopher Stoll of Audioflare Productions and Zeta Recording Studio in Holland, who locked himself away for days to record nearly half of the CD’s tracks; Wyte, who engineers the disc and this year

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contributes a cinematic, booming re-imagining of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” that will rattle your car windows; attorney Larry Meyer, who researches the publishing rights of each cover song to make sure the proper writers get paid; and Casey Pogan, who has worked tirelessly to give the CD a distribution home at The Town Center of Levis Commons, specifically Blue Pacific Grill, Build It!, C Sterling Jewelers, Flying Joe, Lily’s, Poco Piatti, Salvatore Capelli Hair Spa & Beauty Lounge, Second Sole, Vivian Kate, Yankee Candle and The Town Center Management Office. If, like me, you are blessed with healthy children, you understand another of my motivations for this project — not ever taking that health for granted, and offering work and contribution as a way of displaying that gratitude and eternal thanks. There are more people to thank than I have space for, but every one of you should know in your heart that I believe in you and that your efforts will bring hope and belief to many, many local families. Thanks to you, many people will believe, like I believe, in the spirit and love of the season. I believe. Do you? O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star and news director for 1370 WSPD. Email him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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YES, IT’S REAL: Mary Beth Zolik and Rick Woodell of 101.5 The River test santa claus’ beard Nov. 23 at Levis COmmons. They recorded a spoken-word track for the 2012 and 2013 CDs.

CD sales help Make-A-Wish grant wishes By Danielle Stanton

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A visit to Walt Disney World, a

chance to meet their hero or to be Batkid for the day — whatever a child’s wish, Make-A-Wish Foundation makes it happen. And because of a local benefit CD, more kids will have

their dreams come true. Toledo Free Press teamed with dozens of local musicians and media personalities to create a two-disc, 45track collection of Christmas music

and readings. All proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana. The third annual benefit CD, “Holiday Wishes 3: If You Believe,” was re-

leased Nov. 23 during a kickoff concert in conjunction with the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at The Town Center at Levis Commons. n CD CONTINUES ON 7

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n CD CONTINUED FROM 6 Ten stores at Levis Commons as well as the management office will have copies of the CD for purchase. The locations are Blue Pacific Grill, Build It!, C Sterling Jewelers, Flying Joe, Lily’s, Poco Piatti, Salvatore Capelli Hair Spa & Beauty Lounge, Second Sole, Vivian Kate, Yankee

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 Candle and the management office. All proceeds from the $10 CD go to the local chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation, which serves 21 counties in Northwest Ohio and grants about 65 wishes a year for children ages 2-18 who have life-threatening illnesses, said Development Associate Callie Cannon.

“The funds raised from the CD help us grant wishes,” Cannon said. “It’s a wonderful project. We’re really excited about this year. It keeps getting better and better every year.” Since the first volume in 2011, the CD project has raised more than $34,000 for Make-A-Wish, Cannon said. Because all the proceeds go di-

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rectly to Make-A-Wish, the CD makes a “big difference” in their ability to grant wishes, she said. The CD project also means MakeA-Wish works closely with Toledo Free Press and that relationship is an added benefit, Cannon said. “Overall, it means a lot to us to have a local presence and collaboration with Toledo Free Press,” Cannon said. “To have that connection makes a big difference.”

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The CD’s producer, Michael S. Miller, editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and news director for 1370 WSPD, said he has no musical talent of his own, but relishes the opportunities to work with musicians and artists on the Make-AWish benefit CD. “I love music” Miller said. “I have no talent for it. I can’t sing, I can’t play an instrument. … Getting those families the money, that’s why we do it, but on a selfish level, I enjoy working with these artists and collaborating.” Miller said matching specific songs to specific artists is one of the great aspects of producing the annual CD. “Imagine, for me, the chance to work with Kyle White or Ramona Collins or Mighty Wyte or Joel Zmuda — for me to ask them to consider putting their interpretation on a song, and they say yes,” Miller said. “Then to finally hear their songs and see that vision realized for a great charity is an ultimate sense of accomplishment.” The benefit CD was born out of a project to digitize historical songs for libraries and universities. In 2008, Toledo Free Press collected old recordings from 78 and 33 1/3 rpm vinyl records and had them digitized for local libraries. Miller said a follow-up project the next year that collected original songs written about the city inspired the idea for a benefit CD for Make-A-Wish Foundation. The first year, Miller said he had to “beg, borrow and steal” to get artists to cut a track. This year he was overwhelmed with 80 artists who wanted to participate. Miller started listening to Christmas songs in July to narrow the list down to 45 artists, he said. “We could have produced a quality four-CD set,” Miller said. “And for two minutes, I actually thought about seeking a quote for a price to do that. “As far as the creative side, I could not be more humbled that the artists spent the hours they did to put together this CD,” he said. “In terms of Make-A-Wish, I hope this is a project that can fund a lot of wishes for local families.” O

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By Brigitta Burks

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer bburks@toledofreepress.com

“December Star,” a track written and performed by James A. Molnar and Luke D. Rosen on “Holiday Wishes 3,” sets a familiar scene — a holiday party lit by a fireplace, complete with laughing friends and family. But the song also asks: What about the loved ones who aren’t there? “We wanted to make [the song] something that was … universal and [focus on] that feeling at the holidays when you’re around all these people and you’re happy because all of these people are around. I always find the second I walk away from that situation, you can’t help but think about who wasn’t there and that’s what the song is about,” Rosen said. Rosen played the music for the song while Molnar sang. Rosen is the choral director for St. John’s Jesuit High School & Academy and director of music ministry at Corpus Christi University Parish. Molnar is the design editor for Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. He is also a designer for “Holiday Wishes 3.” The two have been friends for about three years. Their track paints a picture of the journey home from a holiday gathering. In the bleak winter night, a shining star catches the singer’s eye. “For me, the star is my mom (Paula Molnar Fels, who died in 2011) and I think a lot of people will be able to relate with having their own star,” Molnar said. Molnar knew he wanted to contribute a track to “Holiday Wishes 3,” which benefits the Make-AWish Foundation, when production was wrapping up on “Holiday Wishes 2” last year.

“I got the idea and I said to Luke, ‘Hey, why don’t we do a song together for the Make-A-Wish CD? We can do ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’ and you can come up with your own arrangement,’” Molnar said. Rosen recalled responding, “Or we could just try to write something original.” Both men knew they wanted the song to have a strong emotional core. “I didn’t want us to be doing some song that neither one of us felt strongly about,” Rosen said. The two discussed holiday imagery before landing on the star metaphor. They also turned to a poem Molnar wrote about his mother. “I had written a poem shortly after she died and I used that poem as a springboard to some of the lyrics for this song,” Molnar said. Molnar said the song’s heavy emotional content didn’t hit him until he was recording in the studio. Rosen said, “[James] was out on [his] own in that separate room kind of reflecting that aloneness that is in the music. The rest of us were all in a room together.” Molnar wasn’t the only one having a new experience. Recording with an electronic keyboard was new for Rosen. “I hadn’t done it that way ever. I’d always used a real grand piano,” he said. Rosen, who has written several songs, put musical references into “December Star” from two Christmas classics: “We Three Kings” and “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” “I like weaving some things in there. I think those things put you in the right frame of mind. They can subconsciously put you somewhere,” he said. Both Rosen and Molnar have sang and played music since childhood. Molnar, a member of The Toledo Swiss Singers, said he usually sings in choirs so performing “December

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Molnar, Rosen focus on emotions in ‘December Star’

Luke D. Rosen, left, and James A. Molnar collaborated on the song ‘December Star’ for this year’s holiday CD.

Star” was unique for him. “I know how to sing in a group, but singing a solo on my own is a very different thing. There’s pressure, but it was a new experience that was enjoyable,” he said. Feedback on “December Star” has been positive, Molnar and Rosen said. “My friends that I’ve played it

for who have lost a parent or had some kind of a loss like that, they’ve actually really gravitated toward it,” Rosen said. The fact that the track helps support the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions, is gratifying, they said.

“Make-A-Wish is a perfect organization … that really brings home what humanity should be about. It’s about helping others, especially kids, when they’re most vulnerable,” Molnar said. “Some of them are worse off than others. The bottom line is, some of them just need hope and Make-AWish helps provide hope.” O The Toledo Community Foundation helps individuals, families and businesses meet their charitable goals. We are committed to enriching the quality of life for those in our community.

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From left, Fred LeFebvre, Michael S. Miller, EVAn Miller, James A. Molnar, SEAn Miller and Matthew Gretzinger at the recording of ‘A Christmas Carol.’

Local celebs give spirited reading of ‘Christmas Carol’

By Vicki L. Kroll

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer vkroll@toledofreepress.com

As Christmastime returns, draw a chair closer to the fire, fill the glass, and listen to “Holiday Wishes 3” disc two, the bonus track. Familiar voices haunt the rendi-

tion of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” which begins and ends with Vincent Price to scare up a little holiday spirit. “It’s a nightmare before Christmas; it’s a haunting ghost story, but it’s a Christmas story. Who better than Vincent Price to start the reading?” said Michael S. Miller, Toledo Free

Press editor in chief, who produced the Make-A-Wish fundraising project. Price narrated a 1949 TV special of the yuletide classic. “It was one of those sublime moments when [Michael and I] found it and we were like, ‘This is cool,’” said music producer Mighty Wyte, sound engineer for the charity CD.

Miller decided to use the 1843 story to showcase the talent who volunteered for the disc. “I thought: Let’s do a radio play. And the absolute zenith of this art is ‘A Christmas Carol,’” Miller said. “I edited a radio script of [the story] down to its bare essence of the ghost appearances — Dickens, forgive me

for hacking at your work. But I’m extraordinarily pleased with the results.” Enter the star power — cue the recording — hear the fun! Fred LeFebvre, host of the morning news on 1370 WSPD, recorded an Ogden Nash poem for the 2012 CD. This year, he plays Ebenezer Scrooge. n CAROL CONTINUES ON 11

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n CAROL CONTINUED FROM 10 “I took it as a challenge to become a character,” LeFebvre said. “I wanted it to be something that people would remember. You have to suck people into that story because it’s so familiar; you have to bring a little something new to it to make them want to pay attention.” And he does. From his first utterance, LeFebvre commands attention.

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“There’s a little bit of evil in everybody, and I think I reached back to a little bit of Scrooge in my own self and pulled that out,” LeFebvre said and laughed. “I did put a little bit of an English accent on it, more like the original Alastair Sim’s version that people see on TV in black and white during the holiday season.” “[LeFebvre] just becomes Eb-

enezer Scrooge,” said Jerry Anderson, WTOL-11 anchor, who voices Jacob Marley. “There’s just so much talent in this city and in this region, and it’s really nice through this fun, seasonal project a lot more of it gets exposed than otherwise would; I think it’s great.” Floating in to be early-morning specters were Mary Beth Zolik and Rick Woodell of 101.5 The River.

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Producer / sound engineer / musician Mighty Wyte is no stranger to the “Holiday Wishes” series — he has contributed to the production of all three albums and recorded a song for the first album in 2011. For “Holiday Wishes 3,” he offered a new take on an old classic with “Sugar Plum Mighty,” based on “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite.” “It’s actually really dope,” said Wyte, whose given name is Matt Feher. “I tried to encapsulate the orchestral side of the composition, and incorporate it with hip-hop and updated drums. It’s an instrumental, but I made it so it can be rapped over.” n MIGHTY CONTINUES ON 13

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n MIGHTY CONTINUED FROM 12 Wyte started playing guitar when he was 12, and played in bands all through high school. He went on to college, majoring in aerospace engineering, which severely hampered his musical time. “It was really hard to go to school

full-time, work a part-time job and find a group of guys to be in a band with,” Wyte said. At the time, in the late 1990s, affordable recording software and equipment was difficult to come by. Wyte would record single drum tracks, then replay them and tape

A Toledo tradition since 2005 guitar parts over it. He said it was not the highest quality of recording, but it served a purpose. “It was sort of my way of keeping my creative side alive,” he said. Wyte later transferred to the University of Toledo, dropped the aerospace engineering major and tried to

Holiday Wishes 13 figure out what to move on to next. He took a music recording techniques class at UT, which lit a fire. “That was the first time that I’ve ever seen real recording software,” he said. “I thought if I could learn [it], I wouldn’t have to have a band anymore.” Wyte still wasn’t considering music as a career, but he ended up with a recording internship, and things took off from there. After working in radio, Wyte seized an opportunity to fully devote his time to sound engineering, and eventually his tracks made their way onto various television shows and film scores, including the 2009 Sandra Bullock movie “The Blind Side.” “I got to quit my factory job and do music professionally, which is awesome, because I get to work out of my house, and I get to hang out with my dog all day,” Wyte said. Wyte said he and his wife like to

do volunteer work when possible, so donating a song for “Holiday Wishes 3” was an easy decision. “It’s really a good way for me to contribute to Make-A-Wish,” he said. “Doing this is a really cool way to raise money for people who could actually use it.” Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller, who produces the CD series, said Wyte is invaluable to the projects. “I bring him four dozen tracks recorded from three dozen different sources, and he edits them, makes them sound uniform and protects the audio integrity of the artists’ visions,” Miller said. Wyte, who is a Toledo Free Press contributor, also offered some advice to those contemplating whether to buy the album. “Thinking hurts. Just buy it. Who doesn’t like Christmas music? You can’t have too much.” O

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Forte Trio Boys harmonize for ‘Joy’ of holiday track By Holly Tuey

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The Forte Trio Boys are only in seventh grade, but they hold their own against the more experienced musicians on “Holiday Wishes 3,” a CD to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Reed Gnepper, Henry Seifried and George Mancy have known each other since kindergarten. They all took voice lessons separately with Jim Stanton, owner of Forte School of Music and the Arts. Stanton grouped them together as a trio and they have been singing together for about a year and a half. On “Holiday Wishes 3,” the boys perform “Joy Medley” — a combination of “Joy to the World” and

“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” arranged by Stanton. The boys think their three-part harmonies make their track stand out. “There’s all these different things going on at once,” Gnepper said. The Forte Trio Boys are accompanied by Stanton for their song. They said it only took them one take to record the song, even though it was their first time in a recording studio. Gnepper’s mother Colleen said the boys performed at ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital last year at Christmastime. “They were taken by their environment,” she said. The boys enjoyed bringing joy to sick children, so when they heard about the Make-A-Wish CD project, they

saw it as an opportunity to help more children and wanted to be a part of it. “We want to give the gift of our singing, and we hope they enjoy it and always encourage us on the way,” Seifried said.

Mancy said he wants anyone considering buying the CD to remember that it is for a good cause. And Gnepper added that they can listen to good music while supporting Make-A-Wish. The Forte Trio Boys have a busy

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Jazz singer Brad McNett credits Christmas — his favorite holiday — as the reason he fell in love with music. “When I was a kid, my mom had a Christmas compilation with Harry Connick Jr. singing, ‘It Must’ve Been Ol’ Santa Claus.’ I played that over and over when I was a kid. When I got older, I said to my mom, ‘What was that song?’ … That’s how I got into ... music and jazz.” The 24-year old from Ypsilanti sings jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook, a canon of the most important and influential American popular songs of the 20th century. He volunteered his time and talent to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, crooning “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” for the benefit CD “Holiday Wishes 3: If You Believe.” McNett has been singing for as long as he can remember and has sung professionally since graduating from Milan High School in 2007. He performs regularly in Detroit. He was turned on to the benefit CD project through Kay Elliott, executive director of the Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Society, who put him in touch with the CD’s producer Michael S. Miller, editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. “I just like to give back and help organizations who deserve it, especially Make-A-Wish,” McNett said. “It’s nice to be able to give back to something like that and do my small part.”

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Brad McNett will appear in Toledo on Dec. 18 for Jazz on the Maumee.

McNett called the recording process “great.” He recorded the song twice, keeping the second as the final cut. “It was nice. We’re happy with the recording,” McNett said. “The band

was happy to do it. I love Christmas music, so especially for me I was happy to be a part of it.” McNett said he hopes listeners are inspired by the CD.

“I hope [listeners] get into the giving spirit and Christmas spirit and [the CD] makes them want to support Make-A-Wish Foundation further than just buying the CD,” he said.

McNett will be in Toledo on Dec. 18 for Jazz on the Maumee at the Aqua Lounge. He has a six-song album, “Please Come Home for Christmas,” available for free online. O

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but I’ve always been intrigued by the story you can tell with a song,” McGorty said. McGorty’s contribution to the Make-A-Wish benefit CD is an Oak

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However, McGorty said he really got to see the profound effect MakeA-Wish has on kids while he was an entertainment intern at Walt Disney World, a common destination for Make-A-Wish children. “To see the excitement on those kids’ faces, to be a part of something and to get to experience something they never thought they’d get the chance to in their entire lives — to see that is indescribable,” McGorty said. “Being in the park, you see all kinds of families who are well-off or typical American families, but there are others you can tell have been through a lot. You can just see the joy in the kids’ eyes and in the parents’ hearts. “That’s the reason it was just a nobrainer to be a part of this project. I will never forget those experiences.” McGorty said he hopes listeners will take note of the lyrics, and really appreciate that there are some kids who need some happiness in their lives. “There are children, even here in Toledo and Northwest Ohio, who may not be living in the most ideal conditions or situations, and I hope that people listen to these lyrics and just love a child, and thank God they are there,” he said. “It is the perfect fit for this album. It is a song thanking God for kids.” O

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Country artist TJ Thomas said he hopes people remember their own family traditions as they listen to his song “Christmas Time in My Hometown,” which he recorded for the Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit CD. “I’m hoping [the song] takes them back to a good place and a good time at Christmas and brings back some good memories,” Thomas said. “If it makes them cry, it touched them.” Thomas wrote the song about 15 years ago reflecting on memories of his hometown of Manchester, Mich., where he sat around with family members eating his mom’s homemade pie and playing his favorite Christmas songs. “Mom made apple pie and we’d play music,” he said. “It brought everybody together. At that time of year people put some of the petty stuff aside and put a smile on.” Old and young alike can relate to the song, he said, which is the only Christmas song he has ever written. “I wanted this to come off as if we were sitting in a living room with family and friends — not a lot of hoopla,” he said. “There’s a line in the song about peace on Earth all year ’round and that’s a great thing to wish for and I think anybody who can celebrate

Christmas can relate to this song, whether it’s mom’s homemade pie or cookies.” Thomas said he talked to producer and Toledo Free Press writer Mighty Wyte, who told him about the benefit CD, and decided to donate his time and talents as a way to give back. “I love [giving back],” he said. “I lost my dad to cancer when he was 52. Any time I have a chance to help people out I want to do it. I just think it’s a great cause. I’m all on board.” Thomas said he doesn’t have a lot of money and his music — which he calls “strong medicine” — is one way he can help a sick child. “I’m not made of money and it’s the only way I know I can help,” he said. “When I was asked to do it, you don’t have to ask me twice — let’s get to it.” Thomas recorded “Christmas Time in my Hometown” with his band Kentucky Strait. He said the recording process took 20 minutes. “My piano and bass player went in in August and we spent maybe 20 minutes in there and did a track to make sure we got the sound right and cut it from there,” he said. Thomas was born in Findlay and grew up in Manchester. After graduating from high school in 1981, he hit the road, touring across the United States. After 35 years in the business, he now lives in Point Place and plays throughout Michigan and Ohio. O

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Sanctus Real, a Grammy-nominated Christian rock band from Toledo, offers a variation on one of the all-time great Christmas classics for “Holiday Wishes 3.” Drummer Mark Graalman said the Make-A-Wish benefit CD was a great opportunity to share “Silent Night,” a song they already had in the bag. “We recorded that song a little bit ago. I think it’s been a few years, actually,” Graalman said. “We had never recorded any Christmas tunes at that point, and the label wanted us to do one for a compilation.” As far as what song they would choose for their first Christmas offering, Graalman joked that the record label made it an easy choice. “If I remember correctly, I don’t [know] if we necessarily had a choice,” he said. “I think they assigned us a song, to be honest. But obviously, who doesn’t love Christmas music? We’re all big fans of it.” “Silent Night” is traditionally a slow, ambient piece, and Sanctus Real stayed true to that while making it their own. “It was kind of a nice challenge for us to do a song like that, because we’ve always been primarily a pop rock band. To take a beautiful Christmas song and make it ‘us’ somehow was a fun challenge,” Graalman said. He said that, as a faith-based band, recording Christmas music can be a spiritual experience. “For us to be a bunch of Christian guys in a band together, everything we’ve done musically has revolved around our faith, pretty much,” Graalman said. “It’s always been the mission of the band to express our life

experiences, but coming from a Christian worldview. “It always felt very fitting for us to be involved in doing Christmas songs and Christmas tours. Really, it’s a celebration of everything we believe in, so it’s pretty cool.” Sanctus Real just wrapped up a fall tour of more than 20 cities, and is now taking a couple of weeks off. The band will embark on a brief Christmas tour, including a Dec. 1 stop in Fremont, and then head home for the holidays. They will then head to Nashville in January to start working on a new record. While Graalman has never had any personal association with MakeA-Wish, he said it’s definitely a charity he can get behind. “Make-A-Wish is so amazing with what they are doing. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love what they do. Actually, I was really excited to hear about it being a Make-A-Wish CD, because of the whole ‘Batkid’ thing recently.” Graalman was referring to a recent event in San Francisco, where 5-year-old Californian Miles Scott was able to live his dream of being Batman for the day, thanks to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Scott’s leukemia is now in remission. “They’ve brought a lot of joy and encouragement to a lot of families out there that have been through stuff that no one ever wants to go though,” Graalman said. “We love being a part of it. More than anything, it’s really just an honor to be part of such a project. It’s very humbling.” Graalman added that he hopes listeners enjoy all of the bands and performers on the CD, and that listeners not familiar with Sanctus Real will enjoy their contribution as well. “Maybe a new twist on a familiar song will turn some people on to the band, but either way, it’s pretty cool to be a part of it.” O

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Solo artist Winfree brought the funk to this year’s Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit CD with his orig-

inal track, “Funky Santa Robot.” Winfree is not new to the “Holiday Wishes” project; he recorded a song

for last year’s CD as part of a group called MixxtBreed. Winfree said that song was slow-paced, so this year he wanted to do something more uptempo and fun. “I was at a friend’s house where they got their baby a Santa Claus [toy] that would jump,” he explained. “I thought, ‘That would be so cool to see a Santa Claus doing the robot or some hip-hop dance.’ ... I just kind of created my own toy there, made this imaginary Santa Claus that would come to life for whoever purchased it.” Winfree has worked with international artists in France, Japan, Chile and elsewhere since the early 2000s. He has worked locally on production with hip-hop artists and his first solo CD, “My Diary,” was released in 2006. Working on “Funky Santa Robot” locally with co-writer Thomas Kurek was something he said he really enjoyed. “The energy you get when recording sometimes is just something that you can’t repeat,” he said. “With this particular song, it actually went very well. ... The energy was there, so I

had fun with that.” Winfree said he is happy to be a part of the Make-A-Wish benefit project, to contribute to raising money for a good cause. “It’s not so much about the song,” he said. “I think it’s just the whole idea of it, the reason why people would give of themselves — give their time, their gift — and use that to help somebody is the one thing I think is the important message for people to take from this: Give of yourself, because you never know when in life you may need something.” The charity has a personal resonance for Winfree. He said his mother was seriously ill before her death, but his family received support from others. “There were charities that helped us to take care of her and I’ll never forget that,” he said. “Through music I can obviously give back something, and it makes me feel good to be able to do that. I got this opportunity and it meant a lot to me to be able to do that.” Winfree is working on a new album, “No Negativity,” set for release early next year. O

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Fixed atop every piece of United States paper currency are the words: “Federal Reserve Note.” What is the Federal Reserve? To say that it is part of the federal government is correct. To say that it is a private corporation is also correct. In fact, to say that the Federal Reserve is a reclusive organization born of a secret meeting of government officials, financiers and a handful of the country’s leading businessmen on a private island off the coast of Georgia in 1913 is, once again, correct. As a quasi-governmental agency, a term political scientists use for an organization that holds governmental powers and responsibilities but has private sector control over its activities, the Federal Reserve (or “Fed”) is undoubtedly one of the least understood yet most influential entities in modern American government. In the documentary, “Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve,” director Jim Bruce seeks to educate viewers on what the Fed is, how it was formed, what it has done historically and where, in Bruce’s view, it continues to make mistakes. The film, which has been playing in select theaters across the nation since September, was released in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s 100-year anniversary Dec. 26. Bruce has worked in the motion picture industry for 15 years and has worked as an editor on such films as “X-Men: The Last Stand,” 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” and “Pitch Black,” as well as two documentaries, “The King of Kong” and “Dambe: The Mali Project.” “Money for Nothing” marks Bruce’s debut in the director’s chair.

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Bruce was first introduced to investing during the tech stock boom of the 1990s, and like many investors of the period he entered the market just a little too late. “I started investing in 1999, not realizing there was a bubble,” said Bruce. “The tech bubble really opened my eyes. Fortunately, I was able to come out a little bit ahead, and going into the 2000s I became very interested in making sense of finance. I noticed several of the economists I was reading at the time kept talking about a coming housing bubble.” Concerned about what loomed

on the economic horizon, Bruce started a newsletter in 2006 for his friends and family urging them to financially prepare themselves for a pending financial crisis. He encouraged them to become “value investors” by moving their money into safer stocks, and cautioned against owning multiple homes. Bruce shored up his investments throughout 2007 and 2008, managing to turn a small profit that he used to finance part of “Money for Nothing.” “The Fed started the first Quantitative Easing in 2007 to deal with the housing bubble, and to me it felt like, ‘Here we go again repeating the same policies we used in the 2000s to get us past the stock bubble,’” said Bruce. Quantitative easing is a type of monetary policy undertaken by a central bank that puts more money into circulation in an effort to stimulate lending and spending in an economy. In the United States, the Fed has undertaken three rounds of quantitative easing (QE1, QE2, and QE3) since 2007. “I don’t think the Fed has been held accountable for its role in creating the housing bubble. I wanted to tell that story. ‘Money for Nothing’ is about the Fed not learning from its mistakes in propping up financial markets.” Before filming could begin, Bruce founded Liberty Street Films and began raising money through donations and a Kickstarter campaign. “A lot of people have strong opinions about the Fed. A fair amount of people in finance, many of whom by the nature of their work benefit from Fed policies, know where this course of action leads. The most common thing I’ve heard is that this story needed to be told.”

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Treece Investment Advisory Corp. purchased screening rights so that the area could have a free local showing at the Maumee Indoor Theatre. “We read about the film in a newsletter and saw it wasn’t showing anywhere in the region,” said money manager Ben Treece. “There has obviously been a lot of interest in monetary policy, markets and government influence since the recession. What we like about this film is it’s educational. This topic is often immediately political — either ‘End the Fed’ or following the Fed totally. This film looks at what they’ve done right, where they’ve gone wrong, and what economists across the spectrum have to say.” n MONEY CONTINUES ON 25

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n MONEY CONTINUED FROM 24 The focus of “Money for Nothing” is the Federal Reserve’s actions during the past few years, though the film does briefly explore the central bank’s creation. Founded from the bolstered political will to create a strong central bank following the Panic of 1907, the Federal Reserve was terribly ill-prepared for the severity of the Great Depression. “[Federal Reserve Chairman] Ben Bernake has said the Fed learned from the Great Depression when it raised interest rates and failed to supply money to banks, all to disastrous effect, but has it learned lessons from the recent past?” Bruce asked. According to Bruce, the infamous atmosphere of big risk that existed among bankers during the 2000s was the direct result of deregulation and a low interest rate monetary policy created under former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s tenure. “Money for Nothing,” which is narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, takes

a “critical yet educational” view of the Federal Reserve’s recent policies. “The Fed is not evil and trying to destroy the banking system, nor do its policies solely benefit the wealthy. That’s a misunderstanding,” Bruce said. “I think the Fed is made up of wellintentioned people, but they haven’t learned from the past.” Several of the sources interviewed in the film are current or former Federal Reserve officials including former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and current Vice Chair Janet Yellen. Shooting a documentary is difficult as it is much harder to attract an audience for a film about a central bank than it is to get people to line up to see the latest superhero movie. The secretive history of the Federal Reserve, with its lack of primary footage, only compounded the problem. But with widespread public interest in its topic and a compelling cast of characters, “Money for Nothing” has been well received in movie theaters and

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 college campuses since its release. “There’s Alan Greenspan, this vocal free-market libertarian who is continually manipulating markets; he’s a fascinating study in contradiction. Then, there’s Ben Bernake, this kind of larger than life character who takes the helm of Titanic right as it’s hitting the iceberg,” said Bruce. “I think the Fed is a fun topic and it’s being received by new thinkers. To shift the conversation, we need to reach a new generation who looks at things differently.” Bruce’s goal for “Money for Nothing” is to bring average people into the Fed’s history, show them how it works and what role it plays in the everyday lives of the American people. “I think people need to be more educated about the Fed because the Fed should be held more accountable and the American people deserve better policies,” he said. Terms like monetary policy and quantitative easing can be intimidating for those without much of an economics background, but Bruce said he hopes that “Money for Nothing” will demystify what has been a confusing black box in American finance. “Recently, economics has become all mathematics, formulas and theories, but in reality it’s a social science. You don’t need complex economic training to have an opinion on this issue.” “Money for Nothing” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant St. The screening is free but tickets are required. For more information, visit www.moneyfornothingthemovie.org. O

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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, in ‘Money For Nothing.’

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