Three local youths earned top honors in the Bluegrass Nationals of the North American Sport Karate Association in Louisville June 18-19.

Wesley Williams, 12, won first place in the Advanced Boys Fighting for the 12-13 age group.

Wesley was an honor student at Beechwood Elementary School, Greenhills, this year. He will attend Winton Woods Middle School this fall.

Wesley, who was on Team Priceless of the Priceless Martial Arts Academy, Springdale, is the son of Gary and Deborah Williams of Forest Park.

Tyler Faulkner, 12, won first place in Intermediate Boys Fighting in the 12-13 age category. Tyler, a seventh grader at Fairview Elementary School, is the grandson of Sandra Faulkner, Cumminsville.

Lorene "Boo" Price, 14, a ninth grader at Princeton High School, won third place in the Black Belt Girls Fighting.

Lorene, an honor student, is the daughter of Anthony and Norene Price, Forest Park.

The Prices' other daughter, Nancy Price, teamed with Raymond Daniels of Long Beach, Calif., to win first place in the Black Belt Mixed Doubles Team Fighting in the 18-29 age group.

This year, Nancy graduated from Butler University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She was the starting point guard for the school's basketball team and was named the team's most valuable player.

The Price sisters were also winners in the June 27 Chicago Open. Lorene placed first in the Black Belt Girls Fighting division, and Nancy was Grand Champion in the 18-29 Black Belt Women's Division.

Postcards spread word

Learning Through Art Inc. is celebrating its 10th anniversary of The Hood is Bigger Than You Think tour.

This year's tour will feature a special Invite-A-Friend postcard campaign to share information with friends, inform neighbors and invite people to spend time on the tour, said Kathy Wade, president of Learning Through Art.

The postcards will be available at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, all Provident Bank locations, theTime Warner Cable customer center, Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau's Downtown Information Center at Fifth and Walnut streets and the Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave.

"As always the goal for this event is to break down barriers and build bridges between neighbors and neighborhoods through music,'' Wade said.

The first event will be the Hood Tour Festival at Cincinnati Museum Center from 1 to 9 p.m. July 23. It will feature free music, dance and international flavor.

A second event will feature jazz legend Nancy Wilson at Music Hall on Aug. 28.

For more information, call 242-3252.

Teens on road for the Lord

This week, 44 high school students will give up two weeks of their summer to spread their faith as part of Solid Rock.

The teens from nine states will spend 6-8 hours in rehearsal all week at Cincinnati Bible College. They will learn a show of music, drama and faith before performing it eight times in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

"It's a musical education, but it's also a spiritual experience," said Jeaninne Geans, the logistics coordinator for the regular summer camp directed by Cincinnati Bible College Professor Gary Gregory. "We have devotions everyday, and then on the road, they're relying on the Lord, meeting new people and staying with members of the churches where they perform."

The show debuts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Forest Dale Church of Christ, 604 W. Kemper Road, Springdale.The tour continues at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. worship services July 18 at Westwood-Cheviot Church of Christ, 3420 Glenmore Ave.

It concludes at 7 p.m. July 23 in North College Hill at LifeSpring Christian Church, formerly Clovernook Christian Church, 1373 W. Galbraith Road.

"We hope that the audience will have a worship experience, that they are lifted and encouraged," Geans said.

Each concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the respective churches.