An East Walnut Hills couple will be honored for their contributions to the arts in Cincinnati.

Alice and Harris Weston will receive the 2004 Visionary Award at the Silk and Spice Gala on May 29. The gala is sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Center.

The event will be at the center, 44 E. Sixth St., downtown.

The award cites people who have made substantial contributions to the art community.

Harris and Alice Weston, of East Walnut Hills, will be honored for contributions to the arts at the Silk and Spice Gala on May 29. Provided to The Enquirer

The Westons' contributions have been visible through such organizations as the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum and the Contemporary Arts Center.

Alice Weston was elected emeritus trustee in 2002 after serving on the board of trustees for CAC since the 1960s. Harris Weston also served on the CAC board. The couple established the Weston Art Gallery.

For gala ticket information, call 345-8421

Mentoring to go online

The Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati plans to begin mentoring students over the Internet.

Kenneth L. Parker, association president, said the group will start a pilot program this fall involving students who will be matched with a lawyer through e-mail.

"The mentoring relationship will be between attorneys and high school and college students,'' Parker said. "We want to develop this relationship with students who desire to pursue careers in the law.''

The advantage of the mentoring by e-mail is that mentors can maintain contact with students no matter where they are, Parker said.

"They can be serving in the armed forces overseas, but we can still maintain contact through e-mail,'' Parker said. "Through e-mail mentoring, attorneys will be available to answer questions about pursuing a career in law on a one-on-one basis with the students without getting involved in time-consuming meetings.''

The Black Lawyers Association will have a staff member, Brian Thomas, serving as an e-host whose job will be to match students with lawyers.

The association is an affiliate of the National Bar Association and has been a nonprofit organization in Ohio since 1975, Parker said. The group also gave four scholarships to high school students at its annual banquet last month.

Walk benefits guide dogs

A charity dog walkathon last month raised $5,200 for Pilot Dogs Inc., which trains guide dogs.

"This money will be put into our scholarship fund for a deserving local visually impaired person so that they can receive a trained guide dog,'' said Joan Arnold, an event organizer.

The walkathon, held in Central Park in Union, was sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Veterinary Technician Association and the Northern Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association.

To help, call (513) 831-5530

Mini-walkathon

The Random Acts of Kindness Club at Goshen High School is sponsoring a mini-walkathon from 3-9 p.m. Tuesday in the school's football stadium, 6692 Goshen Road.

The event will raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

"This is our first time doing this," said Beth Deuer, an English teacher and co-adviser of the Random Acts of Kindness Club with Dianne Pennix, a special-education teacher.

"So far we have about 10-12 teams with eight to 15 people on each team. Registration can be done at 2:30 p.m. the day of the event."

Rules are that there must be at least one member of team on the track for the six hours.

Deuer said team members can be students, parents, teachers, community people or businesses.

Signed up for RiverWalk

New Perceptions Inc. in Edgewood will join with the Newport ItalianFest in the first RiverWalk, 10 a.m. June 12 at Newport on the Levee, to celebrate family, community and fun.

The walk starts at Brio's, moves throughout Newport on the Levee and finishes at the ItalianFest.

The walk will include two courses in the Levee, both wheelchair and stroller accessible.

Funds from the event support the programs and services offered to children and adults of New Perceptions with special needs, said Linda Bray-Schafer, director of development and community relations for New Perceptions Inc.