Houston Chronicle, Jan. 2, 2009 FEMA announced the first $73 million of funding that will be given to UTMB for reimbursement of money it has spent to repair damage caused by Hurricane Ike. A FEMA official said the money, targeted for UTMB's most urgent post-Ike recovery needs, is the first of a series of outlays that the agency will make in coming months.  A version of this article also was published by the Galveston County Daily News at http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=55c1ad2c844b2ee548d408dea9224ac6