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Austin American-Statesman WORLD, NATION LOCAL Saturday, December 30, 2006 Our Clearance Sale is only once a year. The finds are once in a lifetime. Our mix of very special home furnishings is unpredictable by nature. A discovery of found pieces from yesteryear that translates seamlessly into today's modern world. Listen carefully.

Each piece has a unique and interesting story to tell. With the renewal of our collection each season, many of these pieces will never be made available again. Our Annual Clearance Sale is your opportunity to acquire furnishings that are rare yet i jT JL s-" rf'v surprisingly affordable. Please hurry- I i .1 4 Duane A. Laverty waootkiihinivHKIiaij) Jason Wetzei helps clean up at a home near Groesr Friday.

In the town, an elderly man died at an as-beck, east of Waco, that was destroyed by a tornado. slsted living center for veterans that was also hit; quantities are strictly limited, Oiie killed storms as tornadoes slam Texas fv 1 I roads in Williamson County were closed in the afternoon. Many flights at were delayed. Most Dallas arrivals and departures were cancelled about 4:00 p.m., and it was unclear Friday night when full service would be restored. Monte Oaks, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the storm system should push its way through Texas quickly.

"We've got a 20 percent chance of rain for Saturday morning, but the rest of the weekend should be pretty dry," Oaks said. "And the weather should stay in the mid to upper 60s." ivailstatesman.com; 445-3634 Additional material from The Waco Tribune-Herald and The Associated Press. Mitchell Gold 2785 Bee Caves Rd (2244) 11. 512.347.1616 www.mgbwaustin.com D0D AfIill301S By Isadora Vail AMKRK KTA'I I Sl ST Severe weather swept across Texas on Friday afternoon, killing one and inj uring many.more. Limestone County east of Waco was hardest hit; residents in the town of Groesbeck were moved to emergency locations.

The town of 4,500 was devastated when a tornado ripped through homes and killed an elderly man at an assisted living center for veterans. Dozens of people in the town were injured. "That convalescence center received word, from our understanding, about 30 seconds before the tornado hit them," Limestone County Emergency Management Coordinator Matt Groveton said. "There was one house about two miles west of Groesbeck that was a pile of rubble, and from the rubble, we heard screaming children" he said. "Me and four women lifted a roof off a 14-year-old boy who was trapped underneath." President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were at their ranch near Crawford west of Waco at the time of the tornado and were moved in an armored vehicle to a shelter," At least eight tornadoes were -spotted in parts of Central Texas on Friday afternoon, and seven more were seen across the state, Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bop Rose said, but they only caused minimal damage to structures.

Counties that reported tornadoes, were. Bell, Coryell, Limestone, Leon, Bosque, Erath, Madison, McLennan and Brazos. "This is pretty rare. It' isn't unheard of, but to have an outbreak of this many tornadoes so late in the year is rare," Rose said. Several homes in Oglesby, a small town in Coryell County west of Waco, were damaged by a tornado.

The tornadoes were part of a winter weather system that forecasters said could dump as much as 10 inches of snow on parts of the South Plains and Panhandle. "The main culprit of this storm is the one out in Colorado. Then some moisture and warmth was pulled in from the Gulf of Mexico, and a jet stream at the top of it all began that turning effect," Rose said. The system could dump as much as 5 inches of rain on some parts of East Texas as travelers hit the roads for New Year's, National Weather Service meteorologist Robert Barritt said. At about 2:30 p.m.

Friday, pea-sized hail fell in downtown Austin, said KVUE's Ilona Torok, but it didn't last long. Jn Austin, the 8100 block of Posten Lane near Austin-tBergstrom International Airport was closed by the office of emergency management because of high water, and several )('' ITRAIT MUSIC Dozens of Guitars Keyboards at HALF PRICE! 1 THE BIGGEST SAVINGS OF THE YEAR! ADVERTISEMENT "What If There Were Neck Pain Treatments Your Doctor Didn't Know About?" Austin, TX- If you suffer with neck pain, with or without arm or hand pain, have tried pills, injections, therapy or even surgery, a new advancement in orthopedic technology may offer you a solution not previously available. A high tech procedure called Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression is providing doctors a way to conservatively treat disc and nerve pain in the neck and lower back. To determine if you are a candidate. Dr.

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