The Houston area dodged the icy bullet overnight because temps never dropped below the freezing mark. Dallas County had experienced at least 30 accidents since 10 p.m. Monday. So, it’s been pretty icy there!

Only a handful of people came to the Galveston Island Humane Society shelter this week to look at the dogs and cats waiting in rows of wire cages for a new home. They are looking for people to adopt pets, and volunteer. Interested in volunteering at the animal shelter? Call 409-740-1919.

High school students who lost a lot during Hurricane Ike got a warm surprise Monday, all thanks to a pastor and his challenge to “pay it forward.” He gave church members $100 and one woman turned it into much more than that. Karen Anderson is the one who took up her pastor’s challenge, she gives God all the credit, insisting he stretched a dollar in a way no one else can. She wrote friends, who wrote their friends and asked for donations. They raised $36,000 in donations is five weeks! She bought 2,130 coats, enough for every Ball High School student in Galveston.

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