Funky Junk-A-Loo Has Been Postponed
It s been an interesting year, hasn t it? I feel like Iowans feel optimism. I know I do. COVID-19 numbers are down across our 99 counties. Vaccine number are creeping up. Slower than most would like, but they re trending up. I know I m excited to get jabbed as I feel it s doing my part to protect others.
Unfortunately though, the pandemic has cancelled a slew of events over the past 11 months. Events that we ll maybe get back in some way shape or form, but sadly missed in 2020. One event that COVID has now, in part, impacted in 2021 is Funky Junk-A-Loo. The annual sale of unique and repurposed goods, which was also canceled in 2021, was scheduled for March 20 & 21 at the The Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center.
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Corrected: This story has been updated to accurately reflect electives teacher Jessica Rucker’s quote.
In the days immediately following the assault on the U.S. Capitol, teachers were in crisis mode
, scrambling to respond to students’ fears, answer their questions, and help classes get the facts straight about what happened. A far-right mob had assaulted a beacon of American democracy in the name of President Donald Trump an unparalleled event in modern American history. Five people died.
Now, with a few more days of distance from the events of Jan. 6, and with the House poised to impeach Trump for a second time and threats of armed protests the week of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration looming, teachers are faced with the next daunting challenge: Helping students analyze how the country got to this point, and what it means about how we tell the American st