Serendipity Kids recently opened at 4102 Center St. (in the former location of Xilantro's restaurant). This new 1,625-square foot-store is a spin-off of Serendipity Gift Shop (in the same retail center) and features kid's clothing, accessories and gifts for newborns through teens. The original Serendipity store is now savoring the extra room and has expanded their trendy selection of home décor and women's accessories.

Sage Dental has recently opened at 9001 Spencer Hwy., Suite J in Deer Park (in the former location of Lehigh Outfitters). Sage has several other locations in the region, including one in Baytown. Their staff is dedicated to your comfort and prompt attention and their goal is to keep your teeth healthy and your smile bright. Sage will house 2 full-time dentists plus 10 additional employees. You may reach them at 281-479-4867.

February's artist of the month, Marilyn Nabors enjoys painting subjects that people wouldn't necessarily notice.

"I enjoy painting buildings and animals," Nabors said. "I also do a little cartooning."

She has always enjoyed painting, especially art class in school, but she didn't become more serious about painting until she moved to Deer Park and joined the art league in 1998.

"I met one of the ladies from the art league at Hobby Lobby who told me about it," Nabors said. "I was interested in art and wasn't doing anything about it so I went up there. Now I have a lot of good friends."

She gets inspired by the people around her who encourage her to take workshops. Even though she has been painting for more than 10years, she is still mesmerized by the finished product.

Nabors, who also uses flowers as her subjects, paints using mostly water colors, because of the ease of the medium, but she also uses ink, by itself and with the water colors.

"I'm surprised when I finish a painting," Nabors said. "I think, 'wow, I actually did that.'"

The Deer Park Police Department arrested four students in two separate drug-related incidents at Deer Park High School South Campus

Matt Lucas, DPISD director of communications, said in a written response the arrests "sends a clear message that such behavior will be punished to the extent of the law and school rules."

All four arrests involved juveniles. Arrested were one 15-year-old white female, one 16-year-old black male, one 16-year-old white male and one 16-year-old white female. All four were charged with possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 2, which is a felony.

Lucas said the school district received an anonymous tip that led to the arrests on Tuesday.

Deer Park athletics will be heading east starting with the 2012 football season.

The UIL announced this morning that the Deer have been realigned into District 21-5A. Except for the addition of Deer Park, 21-5A remains the same as it did before realignment: Baytown Sterling, Beaumont West Brook, Channelview, Galena Park North Shore, La Porte and Port Arthur Memorial.

The UIL, Texas high school athletic's governing body announced the changes are effective for football and basketball and will run through the end of the 2014 school year. Although the alignments for the other sports will not be announced until later this spring, Deer Park sports are expected to fall into 21-5A.

Deer Park coaches were not surprised of the move to the east, as it had been speculated since the new year that the Deer would be moved.

"I can't say I'm shocked. To be honest with you, it's almost anticlimactic," said men's basketball coach Louie Means. "We've heard for a while that we were more than likely moving east, so there was really no surprise for us around here."