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RISD starts the 2010-11 school year Aug. 23. The Thanksgiving holiday is set for Nov. 25-26, and winter break is Dec. 20-31. To view the full calendar, visit risd.org and click on “Calendars.”

Lake HIgHL anDS HIgH ScHooL voLLeybaLL pL ayeR MaTaLee peggy DILLon was chosen as the new principal of Lake Highlands High School. She has held leadership positions at Westwood Junior High, J.J. Pearce and Lake Highlands Junior High. Dillon also was one of three RISD principals selected for the Harvard Graduate School of Education program.

ReeD was All-American at the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships in Reno, Nevada. She competed with her club team, Skyline Juniors.

Lake HIgHL anDS HIgH ScHooL STuDenTS kevIn nDuk We anD yaReLI RubIo attended the Texas Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., after their teachers chose them to participate in the program to learn about government and public policy. The students met with congressmen and toured the White House, the Pentagon, the DEA, INTERPOL and the Taiwanese Embassy.

THe SHaRe HIgH ScHooL e XcHange pRogRaM is searching for host families for the fall semester. The program includes students from more than 30 countries and aims to get kids enrolled in school this month. The students speak English and have spending money and health insurance. For more details, visit sharesouthwest.org.

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Date: Sunday, June 13

Time: b etween 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Location: 7200 block of c laybrook

T H e p I pe S W e R e gone.

Earl Lacy has smoked pipes for 53 years. He worked in the cigar, pipe and tobacco business, and finds a nice pipe filled with fine tobacco a great way to unwind.

“It’s relaxing to me,” he says.

Unfortunately, Lacy left six of his fine pipes in his car June 13, the same night a thief broke into several cars in his neighborhood. The pipes, valued at $800, were gone, along with 40 CDs and a broken car window that will need to be repaired. His car had been parked in front of his Merriman Park North home.

“They hit about five or six cars in the neighborhood on the same night,” Lacy says. “They hit two of us on Claybrook. They hit my neighbor’s daughter’s car across the street. My neighbors heard them and went outside, and then noticed that my truck had been broken into, too. Unfortunately, I left some stuff in there that they got away with.”

Glass was everywhere, and Lacy was quite frustrated to be a victim and have some of his excellent pipes stolen.

“They found some blood inside of my truck and took a DNA sample,” he says. “I hope the [thief] bled to death.”

Dallas Police Officer A.J. Serratos with the Northeast Patrol Division says criminals may often work together, but hit several cars separately looking for anything of value.

“Sometimes crooks don’t work alone, and they wait for certain hour of the early morning to break into cars, especially if they are left on the street,” Serratos says. “In Texas, a vehicle is burglarized every two and half minutes.”

Serratos also recommends parking cars in a garage if at all possible, and if it has to be parked in a driveway or on the street, emptying the car of anything that a crook might be interested in.

“Its very important to not leave anything inside a car no matter what time of day,” Serratos says. Always remember to ‘take, lock and hide’ all your belongings.”

—SEAN CHAFFIN

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