Engelbert Calling: Humperdinck Records Duets and Plans to Return to Northeast Ohio

He's back. Engelbert Humperdinck returns with an album featuring duets with almost two dozen artists, from contemporaries like Johnny Mathis and Kenny Rogers to Il Divo to Gene Simmons of KISS.  Elton John, who recorded his hit "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" with Engelbert, says the 76-year old singer sounds as good as he ever did.

This interview features Jim's conversation with Engelbert (who explains why he changed his name from George Dorsey) and excerpts of some of the songs from the new album, "Engelbert Calling."

The singer is embarking on a North American tour that will bring him to Northeast Ohio next May.

Cleveland is a Hockey Town, Too

AM 1420 The Answer is a flagship station for the Lake Erie Monsters, and will air the season opener against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, October 10 at 7:00 PM.  Play-by-play announcer Doug Plagens previews the upcoming season, and updates improvements being made at Quicken Loans Arena.

The home opener for the American Hockey League team is Saturday, October 11. The Monsters hope to build on last season, when they just missed the playoffs.

Help Promote Providence House Babies By Voting

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Help the babies at Providence House by voting in the Northeast Ohio Media Group Good News Giving contest.  Cast your ballot by Friday October 10, and help the city's only crisis nursery promote the good work it has been doing since being founded by Sister Hope Greener in 1981. President and CEO Natalie Leek-Nelson explains in the attached interview how the current heroin crisis is affecting so many babies in Cleveland.

Full Plain Dealer subscribers can vote here. Non-subscribers can get a paper ballot in the mail by requesting one at marketing@plaind.com, and putting Good News Giving Voter Sweepstakes Ballot in the subject line.  You must put it back in the mail by Friday October 10th, and send it to the Northeast Ohio Media Group, 1801 Superior Avenue Suite 100, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.

Beatles-themed Benefit Features the Work of George Shuba for North Coast Community Homes

The life long work of Cleveland's first rock and roll photographer, George Shuba will be featured at a benefit for North Coast Community Homes on Wednesday, October 8 at the Hard Rock Rocksino in Northfield.  Dick Russ, former managing editor at WKYC and long-time reporter at WJW now helps raise funds and awareness for North Coast Community Homes, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Mr. Shuba is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a professional photographer, whose first assignment was capturing on film the first Beatles visit to Cleveland in 1964.  Many of those photographs and others from his career will be on display, along with a slide show he and Mr. Russ will narrate at the fundraiser, branded Ticket to Thrive, for the more than 1,000 clients of North Coast Community homes.  The benefit will also feature a performance of the Beatles tribute band, The Rebeats.

Navy SEAL's Parents To Share Story of Son's Sacrifice

The parents of Aaron Carson Vaughn, a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan on "the deadliest day in the war on terror," will make their case that the death of their son and of 30 other brave Americans and Afghan commandos was the result of  a policy designed not to win battles, but to "win the hearts and minds" of other nations. They will discuss their book, Betrayed: The Shocking True Story of Extortion 17 As Told By a Navy SEAL's Father.

The Cleveland Chapter of Act for America is bringing Billy and Karen Vaughn to Word of Grace Church in Chesterland on October 18th.  Chapter co-leaders Dan Hromada and Bev Goldstein explain the importance of telling this story and others that they say point to a troubling trend.  They explain why the incident that claimed the life of Aaron Vaughn and the others got much less publicity than the attack on the U. S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.
 

Local Author Jedick's Past Works Relevant Today

A recent video purporting to show how easy it would be for a terrorist to cross Lake Erie from Canada to Cleveland mirrors the beginning of local author Pete Jedick's World War II-era novel.  

The local free-lance journalist is a recently-retired Cleveland firefighter and a big fan of AM 1420. We are fans of all Pete's books, including another novel, Hippies, set at Kent State University in 1970, and the historical account of the city, Cleveland, Where The East Coast Meets the Midwest.

In this interview, Pete also talks about his first self-published work, League Park was published in 1978.  At the time, he and several other supporters tried making a case for restoring the turn of the 20th Century home of the Cleveland Indians.  35 years later, the restoration has finally been done.

Retreat: Is your Messy Life a Blessed Mess?

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Following up its inaugural retreat with Fr. Dick Sparks last year, St. Angela Merici Parish in Fairview Park is bringing author and speaker Patricia Livingston to the Church for its second retreat.

Listen to Jim's interview with Ms. Livingston for an idea of what to expect October 18-21, 2014.