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CENTRAL TEXAS DIGEST
WEATHER
Cold blast expected to be brief
When Central Texans wake up today, temperatures are expected to be = nearly=20 half what they were Saturday.
Highs are forecast to be in the low 40s, with wind chills in the 30s. =
But those temperatures aren't expected to stick around long. = According to the=20 National Weather Service, the cold front that came in Saturday night = will follow=20 the same pattern Central Texas has seen in the past few weeks =97 cold = weather at=20 the beginning of the week, upper 70s a few days later.
Temperatures will warm up to the mid-40s on Monday, forecaster Joe = Baskin=20 said, and fog on Tuesday will then push them into the mid-60s.
By Christmas Day, temperatures in the 70s are expected.
AUSTIN
Cancer patients get housing help
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Austin Affiliate has teamed with the = American=20 Housing Foundation to create the nation's first transitional housing = program for=20 lower-income women who are undergoing breast cancer treatment, officials = with=20 the nonprofit group said.
The foundation will supply about 25 units in various Austin apartment = complexes.
Mary Moore Cavanagh , education and outreach director for the Komen = Austin=20 affiliate, has asked the Shivers Cancer Programs/Seton Cancer Center to = screen=20 families to identify those who need housing.
Patients will begin moving into the transitional homes during the = next few=20 weeks.
"Cancer is physically and emotionally draining, and we hope the = Transitional=20 Housing Program will help to alleviate a portion of the burden by = offering a=20 solution to the patient's financial hardships," Cavanagh said. "After = hours of=20 chemotherapy and radiation, the last thing a woman should have to worry = about is=20 keeping a roof over her family's head."
For more information about the program, call the Austin group at = 473-0900.=20
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