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Juanita Jimenez: September 2008 ArchivesUTMB patients who are pregnant and expect to deliver in the next 30 days and pregnant women who need to schedule prenatal care at UTMB maternal child health clinics throughout Texas can still receive care at many locations. The following clinics are open between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.in the following places: - Angleton: 979.849.0692 - Dickinson: 281.534.2576 - Katy: 281.391.7001 - Pearland: 281.485.3220 - Pasadena: 713.473.5180 - McAllen: 956.686.4224 - Victoria: 361.576.2110 - Nacogdoches: 936.560.0515 - Huntsville: 936.295.7474 U... Capital One Bank reopening locations in metropolitan Houston and the Beaumont area. The locations that have reopened include: In metropolitan Houston: Parts of the Houston Ship Channel are open to commercial traffic, with restrictions. The following openings and restrictions are in effect: The Houston Ship Channel is open at all times to maritime traffic with a draft of 16 feet or less, but will remain open for daylight transit only from the sea buoy to Sims Bayou at project depth and Sims Bayou to the Turning No changes to draft limitations have been made to all other affected waterways. To view the draft limits on all waterways not listed click here: http://www.d8externalaffa... The following credit card companies are helping hurricane victims by deferring their monthly payments - Dillards The Chrysler Foundation on Friday donated $200,000 that will be used to buy food and supplies for victims of Hurricane Ike. ...On Tuesday, September 23, Congressman Michael McCaul will put teams of Congressional staff in Katy, Cypress and Tomball to assist with hurricane recovery and FEMA assistance. FEMA packets for residents who need information about the federal claims process and hurricane aid will be given to people. The assistance provided will include: Cypress Pearland Library, a branch of Brazoria County Library System, will be closed until further notice. All regularly scheduled library events, including story time, toddler time, book club and computer skills workshops are also canceled until further notice. As power returns to the area, please go to www.bcls.lib.tx.us for news and updates about restoration of library services at Pearland Library, located at 3522 Liberty Drive. Post offices throughout Houston are operating, but things re different along the Texas Coast. Post Office Box service for customers served by the Crystal Beach (77650), High Island (77623) and Port Bolivar Post Offices has relocated to the Winnie Post Office at 3234 Highway 124 in Winnie. Mail for Post Office Box customer served by the Gilchrist Post Office (77617) has relocated to the Stowell Post Office at 3608 State Highway 124 in Stowell. Post Office Box service for Wallisville (77597) Post Office customers has been relocated to the Mont Belvieu Post Office at 16043 Eagle Drive in Mont... IkeHelpCenter.org is offering resources for managing health, safety, housing, money and other recovery issues. The site is a one-stop source for the online tools and information people need to find temporary relief and long-term assistance as they rebuild after Hurricane Ike. At IkeHelpCenter.org, visitors will find information about: •Resource Locator: Which businesses have reopened; where can you go for help •Health & Safety: What to know when returning home; how to protect your health; how to get replacement prescriptions; making sure your drinking water is safe Forty-one Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston patients, families and hospital staff, who evacuated last week from Hurricane Ike, arrived Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Shriners Hospital for Children-Houston in the Texas Medical Center. All of them were evacuated to a College Station middle school. The Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston, meanwhile, remains closed for an undetermined length of time. Galveston hospital officials are in the process of regrouping their more than 300 employees who evacuated. A meeting is scheduled set for Saturday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. in the Knights ... ELECTRIC OUTAGES COMPUTERS, POWER STRIPS/PHONES AT CITY HALL FOR RESIDENT USE Texas taxpayers who were adversely affected by Hurricane Ike qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service, including the postponement of tax filing and payment deadlines until Jan. 5, 2009. Following the hurricane's landfall on Saturday, Sept. 13, the federal government declared the following Texas counties a presidential disaster area qualifying for individual assistance: Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San J... Families meeting HUD 50% of median requirements for low income housing and want to stay in Third Ward, can contact RHCDC. For more details read below or contact the CDC offices at 713-521-2600. HUD Maximum Income Guidelines are: Clear Creek ISD students have come together to launch Operation CRAYON (Children Rallying Assistance for Youth of Need) to help young Ike victims. ... |
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