The City of Lake Jackson website now lists the town curfew from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM.

Update (9/19): The website is now reporting the curfew has been lifted completely.

Just got this message from CBISD (Columbia - Brazoria Independent School District):

CBISD classes will resume Friday, September 19, 2008

The following is part of a story on CNBC's website highlighting two new tools here at TDECU:

TDECU Provides Members with Financial Recovery Tools in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ike LAKE JACKSON, Texas, Sep 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike is felt more with each passing day, TDECU has put into action several innovative services to help members who have suffered losses and whose budgets have been turned upside down.

The first is a universal Skip-A-Pay program, allowing members to skip a month or two on all of their loan payments to TDECU. Within the first day of the Skip-A-Pay program being announced on the TDECU Web site, more than 2,000 members took them up on the offer to defer their loans -- mortgage, car or unsecured.

TDECU is also offering members a special loan, the Recover, Repair, Replace and then Relax Loan to cover the costs of evacuation, displacement, or recovery for the repairing, replacement and rebuilding of their homes and lives. Through the terms of this loan, members will not have payments for the first 90 days.

Afterwards, repayment terms will be extended for up to 36-months. Members can apply for this loan, which will be offered for a limited time, by visiting their branch or calling TDECU.

Christina Todd, Assistant Principal at Angleton High School just sent us the following:

I just wanted to thank you very much for helping the citizens of Brazoria county with their financial needs during this time after Hurricane Ike.  I want to thank you for Tina Goe and her Angleton High School employees who opened the Angleton branch over the weekend and who work in the Angleton High School Branch when school is in session. Thank you for the opportunity to skip-a-payment on our loans, if needed.  My husband and I really appreciate what you and TDECU are doing for us.

Christina Todd, EdD; Assistant Principal, Angleton High School