ESSENCE To
Celebrate 25th
Anniversary
ESSENCE features Billy
Dee Williams and a Travel Spe
cial in the April issue (due on
newsstands March 20th). The
cover story Undeniably Billy is
an intimate visit with the “abso
lute smoothest and most sensu
ous, all-man star — Billy Dee
Williams.”
The April Travel Special fea
tures fascinating articles which
will help readers get the most out
of their travel dollars.
Twenty-five Travel Tips will
help ESSENCE readers
plan their vacation and travel with
the least amount of hassle.
This year, ESSENCE cele
brates its Twentieth Anniversary.
One of the fastest-growing maga
zines in the United States, ES
SENCE has a guaranteed monthly
circulation of 850,000 and a read
ership of more than 4 million. Its
parent company, Essence Com
munications, Inc. (ECI), includes
Essence Direct Mail, which dis
tributes ESSENCE By Mail, a
catalog marketed to Black con
sumers, and Essence An Repro
ductions. Essence Licensing, an
other division of ECI, includes the
Essence Eyewear line and the
ESSENCE Collection by Butter-
ick, a sewing-pattem wardrobe.
Black REP To
Present
MASTER
HAROLD
The NCBRC and Theatre
Guild invites the general public
to join the Black
Rep when the company of
ficially celebrates the release of
Nelson Mandella with the bril
liant and powerful broadway
drama, “Master Harold ... and
the boys”. Group rates are avail
able. Limited seating is avail
able, so call in your reservations
as soon as possible at 723-7907.
Additional performances of
“Master Harold ...and the boys”
are scheduled for March 24-25-
30-31 and April 1-6-7. All per
formances will begin at 8pm ex
cept the Sunday performances
which will begin at 3 pm.
Sexual
Assault
Conference
At NCSU
North Carolina State Univer
sity will host a statewide con
ference, “Sexual Assault and Re
lationship Violence on the Col
lege Campus: Issues of Re
sponse,” April 5-6.
The event, to be held at the
McKimmon Center on the uni
versity campus, is being jointly
sponsored by NCSU’S Campus
Rape Prevention Committee,
Center for Health Directions,
Student Health Services, Divi
sion of Student Affairs and Di
vision for Liie.ong Education.
I'he keynote speaker. Dr. Andrea
Parrot, will open the conference
at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 5.
For information, contact
Connie McEiroy or Belinda
Niedwick, Division for Lifelong
Education, Box 7401, McKim
mon Center, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, N.C.
27695-7401, or call (919) 737-
2261.
Income Tax
Help For
Seniors
If you are a senior citi
zen and worried about how
you can get your income taxes
filled out correcdy, your wor
ries are over. The East W'in-
ston Branch Library will pro
vide free tax assistance for
older persons. Every Thurs
day, through April 12, 1990
from 10:00 a.m. to 2;00 p.m.
For more information call
727-2202 or go by the librar}'
at 1110 East Seventh Street.
Educational
Loans
Available
Three educational loan
programs for North Carolina
residents attending colleges in
or out of state and or nonre
sidents attending colleges n
North Carolina are available
through College Foundation
Inc. These loan programs are
funded by North Carolina
banks and other investors
Stafford Loans are for de
pendent for independent stu
dents and are based on finan
cial need. Supplemental Loans
are for independent self-sup
porting students and are not
based on financial need.
PLUS loans are to parents of
dependent students and are not
based on financial need.
For more information,
write College Foundadon Inc.,
2100 Yonkers Road, P.O. Box
12100, Raleigh, NC 27605-
2100 or call 919/821-4771.
Scholarships
Available
Student Assistance is
now accepting applicadons
for scholarships, fellow
ships, grants, and loans for
the 1990-91 school year.
According to the presi
dent of Student Assistance,
Mark Caffey, millions of
dollars available to students
for financial aid go un
claimed each year.
Caffey believes Stu
dent Assistance will help
many students. “Education
should not be prohibited
because of cost”, he
added.
If you are a high
school student or college
student and would like to
fill out an application,
please send a self-ad-
dressed-stamped envelope
to: Student Assistance, P.O.
Box 57037, Webster, Texas
77598.
Parents
Waiting Room
New Feature
At Coliseum
The Lawrence Joel Veter
ans Memorial Coliseum will
offer a refuge for parents and
chaperones in the ‘‘Parents’
Waiting Room” while teen
agers rock-out in the ma;n
arena. The Parents’ Waning
Room is a free service pro
vided by the Coliseum.
Those who are waiting for
concert-goers will find com
plimentary snacks provided by
Planters Lifesavers Inc. and
will enjoy free beverages
courtesy of Coca-Cola Bot
tlers of Winston-Saiem. Re
laxation will come easily in
comfortable furniturs pro
vided by Crown Home Cen
ters. Big-screen TV, current
magazines, and friendly con
versations will be available.
Bring a book, watch TV or
commiserate with others
Parents and chapsronej
are invited to come to the Par
ents’ Waiting Room, in the
Administrative Wing of the
Coliseum off University Park
way. The patio entrance is
easily accessible trof. the
Coliseum West parkin - *ot.
Eckerd
Receives
Giympic Gold
Eckerd Drug Company do
nated $12, 935.82 to North Caro
lina Special Olympics, making
Eckerd a gold sponsor of the 1990
Summer Games. North Carolina
Special Olympics Executive Di
rector Dave Lenox accepted the
donation saying the donation will
help offset the expenses from
1990 Summer Games, which wij
be held June 8-10, 1990 at Nort'
Carolina State University
Raleigh, N.C. Over 2,000 athletes
across North Carolina will com
pete in Summer Games.