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Santa and your pet, pretty as a picture

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The Hawaiian Humane Society invites people and their pets to Pictures with Santa Paws, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

For $20, participants can have their photo taken with or without jolly ol' Aloha Santa in the humane society's garden. Pet owners will receive negatives or a photo CD by mail so they can make their own custom prints.

Money from the event will go to the humane society to help care for homeless animals. For more information, call 946-2187.

Christian psychologist gives parents advice

Community Lutheran Church, at 4429 Mala'ai St., is offering two free seminars for parents:

• "How to Be in Healthy Authority Over Your Child," 6:30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.
• "Why Kids Misbehave and What to Do About It," 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 10 a.m. Nov. 15.

These video seminars by Kevin Leman are intended to help parents set limits, handle misbehavior and teach appropriate behavior. Childcare will be provided.

Leman, a father of five, is a Christian psychologist and author who co-hosts the radio show "Parent Talk."

Information: 422-2933, 423-7044.

Video contest invites high-school students

The second annual RoughCut Video Festival is seeking submissions. The festival, to be held Dec. 13 at the Art House at Restaurant Row, is open to all high school students in Hawai'i.

Videos in mini-DV format under 10 minutes in length will be eligible for prizes. They may be mailed in (see Web site for address) or dropped off at the Art House at Restaurant Row.

The deadline for submissions is Nov. 24.

Get information, rules and entry forms at www.roughcuthawaii.cjb.net or by calling 261-6365.