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Sophia Cole, 21 months, was all covered up in her raincoat just in case it rained while her mother, Heather, right, was talking. They were at Manoa Elementary School under overcast skies before school yesterday.

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At Kaimuki High School yesterday, David Loksen, left, and Moishe Krasnjanski carried menorahs to be mounted on cars prior to the start of a procession celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. The procession of cars paraded from the school to Kapahulu and through Waikiki. The event was sponsored by Chabad of Hawaii.