POSING WITH SANTA PAWS

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM People brought their pets to the Hawaiian Humane Society yesterday for the "Pictures With Santa Paws" fund-raiser. For $20, pet owners received four prints and four negatives from one pose. The Lewis family, from left, Kenneth, Kawika and Pam held their dogs Zena, Nori and Buddy for their photos with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Paws. The fund-raiser continues today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SISTERS IN EDUCATION

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM From left, Shizuko Tanaka, Miwako Goda and Noriko Furuya from Kanazawa, Japan, practiced their samisens yesterday outside the McKinley High School Auditorium before the 20th Anniversary Commemorative Concert of Sister Schools. McKinley and Kanazawa Commerce High School in Japan have a "sister school" relationship.