FRIENDLY COMPETITION Teammates Betsy Flood and Lauren Hardesty will compete in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA meet. SPORTS, 10 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010 New jail plan eyed A new bus purchased to transport inmates out of county is part of a short-term solution. By MITCHELL SCHMIDT
[email protected] Johnson County officials will review a proposal for a $42 million joint justice cen- ter that could house more than 300 inmates — around six times the current facility’s capacity. After roughly four months of work, Novak Design Group, an archi- RACHEL JESSEN/THE DAILY IOWAN tectural design firm in Abbey Almelien sits in the back room of Access 2 Independence, a center for people with disabilities, on Tuesday. Almelien had one of her legs amputated around Cedar Rapids, provided a year and a half ago because of cancer. She has teamed up with Harry Olmstead, another amputee, to create a support group for amputees in the Iowa the county with a plan to City/Cedar Rapids area. ease its inmate-over- crowding woes. Pulkrabek The county Board of sheriff Supervisors will discuss the Novak Design Group’s plan in more detail during its meeting on July 7. Earlier Coping with loss of limbs that day, the supervisors will tour the courthouse, jail, and the General Services A new amputee organization would be the first of its kind registered in the state. Administration parking facility near the post office on South Clinton Street to get a By CATHRYN SLOANE Life as he knew it quickly Amputee Support After noticing a lack of good better idea of what space will be needed.