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ZEKE SHERIDAN, 11, HIS MOTHER ELISABETH SHERIDAN, center, and Sheridan’s niece, Chloe Sheridan, 22, talk after Elisabeth and Chloe got flu shots Wednesday. Chloe’s mother and Elisabeth’s sister, Rachael Marie Sheridan, died at age 39 on Feb. 24 from flu complications. Her survivors are stressing the importance of getting a flu shot.

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The breathing problems started around the turn of the new year. Rachael Sheridan was used to having asthma from allergies, but this was something far worse. The Lawrence resident, 39, eventually test-

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ed positive for the H1N1 flu strain. She had to be hospitalized and put on a ventilator. She later went to a Kansas City hospital to be hooked up to a machine that oxygenates the blood outside of the body. By late February, her condition had deteriorated. Doctors said her

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Washington — After more than a decade of planning and millions spent to build a memorial near the National Mall honoring the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a key lawmaker who has helped oversee the project from the start is stepping away. Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran resigned from the Eisenhower Memorial Commission before the panel voted Wednesday to move forward with a design by architect Frank Gehry after years of controversy. Moran quietly submitted his resignation last week after concluding that paying homage to Ike’s home state of Kansas in the design has become a stumbling block for Gehry’s concept for the memorial park, a

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Eisenhower’s family has opposed the tapestry concept and called for a simpler design. Critics have mounted a campaign against the design that has delayed the project for years. Moran wants the memorial to be built and has advocated for Kansas to have a presence in the design, spokeswoman Garrette Silverman said. But he decided that might be a hindrance to completing the memorial. “Sen. Moran’s ongoing support for the inclusion of Kansas has led him to conclude that this stance is blocking a memorial to President Eisenhower from completion,� Silverman spokeswoman for the senator said. said in an email. “He appreciates the Gehry proposed a memorial park dedication of the Eisenhower Comwith statues of Ike as president and as mission staff in seeing that this meWorld War II general. A large metal morial becomes a reality and hopes tapestry would depict the Kansas landPlease see MEMORIAL, page 7A scape of Eisenhower’s boyhood home.

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lungs were stiff as concrete. Her family took her off life support Feb. 24. Sheridan’s family believes her death could have been prevented had she gotten last year’s flu shot, which included an immunization

Lawrence’s largest Internet service provider announced Wednesday that by January it will double the top speeds it offers local users of its Internet service. Officials with WOW announced that the company will begin offering both residential and business service of 110 Mbps in January. WOW expects to make several more announcements about upgraded speeds throughout 2015. Currently, 50 Mbps is the top speed available via WOW’s standard Internet service packages. “The exciting thing is this is just the first of several announcements we’ll be making in 2015,� said Debra Schmidt, WOW’s system manager for Lawrence and the surrounding area. The announcement comes two weeks before Lawrence city commissioners are

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