CONCERT TO BE HELD AT HOSPITAL TODAY

Jim Newton, a musician who combines song with therapy, will perform for children today at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

The concert begins at 2 p.m. for pediatrics patients and youngsters with special needs.

This is Newton's first visit to the area as part of the "For Our Kids" program sponsored by the James River Corp., national distributors of Northern Tissues and Brawny Towels.

In his program, Newton will present selections from "Friends of the Family," winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award in November 1990.

Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary collaborated with Newton and other writers and musicians to develop a tape of songs to improve the quality of life of hospitalized and other chronically ill or special-needs children.

The corporate sponsor has underwritten the cost of the concert and also several hundred cassette tapes and lyric-coloring books to be left at Southeast's pediatric department.