ADVISORY/A Multitude of Celebrities to Kick Off the 19th Annual Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon.

Lifestyle & Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 9)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:     A cocktail reception to kick off the 19th Annual Jimmy
          Stewart Relay Marathon, which takes place on April 9 at
          Griffith Park.

WHEN:     Thursday, March 9
          6-8 p.m.
          Program -- 6:45 p.m.

WHERE:    Hotel Bel-Air Garden Room
          701 Stone Canyon Road
          Bel-Air

WHO:      Emcee for the evening Hollywood Mayor Johnny Grant, Buzz
          Aldrin (astronaut), Edward Asner ("Mary Tyler Moore Show,"
          "Lou Grant"), David Carradine ("Kung Fu"), Josh Charles
          ("Sports Night"), Robert Davi ("Profiler"), Alex Donnelley
          ("The Young and the Restless"), Barbara Eden ("I Dream of
          Jeannie"), Hal Holbrook ("North and South"), Earl Holliman
          ("Police Woman"), Roma Mafia ("Profiler," "Double Jeopardy"),
          Paul McCrane ("ER"), Mickey Rooney ("The Black Stallion,"
          "Sugar Babies"), Jose Solano ("Baywatch"), Connie Stevens
          ("Hawaiian Eye"), Fred Travalena (comedian) and other
          celebrities and sponsors of the Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon

WHY:      Proceeds from the Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon benefit Saint
          John's Health Center's Child and Family Development Center.

          For more than three decades (since 1962), the center has
          been committed to meeting the emotional, educational and
          developmental needs of children, adolescents and their
          families. The center's primary services focus on the
          treatment of children exposed to child abuse, depression,
          physical and emotional disabilities and prenatal exposure to
          drugs and alcohol.

          The Therapeutic Preschool helps children who were prenatally
          exposed to drugs or have developmental delays, and is
          recognized by the U.S. Office of Education for its "best
          practices" in early-childhood education. The center is also
          nationally known for its Deaf Services program.

          Since its inception, the marathon has raised more than
          $4.5 million for the center.

RSVP TO:  Julie Watt, BBPR Inc., 310/229-5955