Visual arts winners:st place Byron Zelaya, 2nd place Alejandro Hernandez, 3rd place Bethanya Zelelew

Hillcrest High School hosted it’s first Ethics Fair on Feb. 16. Students portrayed one of themes of truth, friendship, honesty, and equality through either creative writing, or the performing or visual arts. The Park Cities Rotary Club sponsored the fair and provided the prize money for winners.

“We in Rotary are thrilled about being a part of this ethics fair.  In the last 10 years, we in the U.S. have made math and science a priority in our schools, and rightfully so,” rotarian Tracy Gomes said. “For the last 100 years, we in Rotary have been about making ethics and values a priority in our world.”

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Muzzies Dressy Dresses, originally from Houston, is making its Dallas debut at Preston and Forest this weekend. Executive director Lexia Allen said she is hoping to open up shop in the former Axis Fitness space as early as Friday. The store is mainly focusing on prom season, but also has 600 long and short dresses for any occasion.

In other Preston Forest Square news, Chocolate Angel Too has called it quits, as evidenced by paper covering all the windows and a message announcing the bakery and cafe is being remodeled into a pizza joint, Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. The San Antonio-based restaurant has plans to open in the “early spring.” The original Chocolate Angel in Richardson is still alive and well, but its franchise locations in Carrollton and Preston Forest closed at the end of December and January, respectively.

Grace Elizabeth Goutcher, a 6-year-old primer student at Good Shepherd Episcopal School, died Friday while on vacation with her family in Fort Meyers, Florida. The preliminary cause of death is viral myocarditis, a spokeswoman from the school said.

Viewing and visitation will be held Wednesday at Sparkman Hillcrest Funeral Home from 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. On Thursday, a memorial service celebrating Grace’s life will be held at 11 a.m. at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Grace Elizabeth Goutcher Scholarship fund at Good Shepherd Episcopal School.

For more information, read Grace’s obituary in the Dallas Morning News.

Dalton Bray, Marshall Honaker, Michael Wakefield, and Will Wakefield at the National History Day competition.

Franklin Middle School brought 15 competitors to Fair Park on Saturday for the regional round of National History Day, an academic program for elementary and middle school students. Besides shedding light on the past, the competition helps students develop critical thinking, problem solving, and research skills.

This year’s theme is: Debate and Diplomacy in History…Successes, Failures, and Consequences. Some of the winning entries included: Dalton Bray, third place for junior individual documentary, “Bleeped Out,” Marshall Honaker and Michael Wakefield, second place for junior group exhibit, “White Light, Black Rain,” and Will Wakefield, first place for junior individual documentary, “M14 vs M16.”

First and second place winners will move on to the state competition on May 6 and 7 in Austin.

Sister publication D Magazine spotted a car inside Petland at Preston and Forest. Check out the photo and few more slivers of information here.

There were long lines of book lovers at Borders last night, taking advantage of the going-out-of-business deals. But, as the sign indicates, the fixtures are not for sale.