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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1999

Page

19

Rainbow the clown brings smiles to hospital patients

Rainbow, aka Ron Dixon, volunteers at Aiken Regional Medical Centers bringing humor to patients and staff. He began in Delaware and Pittsburgh before joining the local hospital, delivering smiley stickers and oversized bills while noting smiling can improve well being though it cannot cure illness.

Veryone Aiken Ron Dixon Rainbow Dixon Wilmington Del Pittsburgh Dixons Baxter

Not just clowning around Rainbow the clown brings comfort to patients

Dixon recalls a dying cancer patient who spoke after a smiley-face sticker medicine. He visits adults mainly though children fear clowns. in Aiken children are less afraid. He entertained 15 then 250 kindergarteners and noted adults enjoy Rainbow.

Dixon Rainbow Aiken

Leeza style satire on diet wars and theories

A humorous critique of modern dieting trends and diet theories. It parodies television talk show debates on calories fat and carbohydrates, tracing Diet Science from ancient to contemporary times with playful misdirections and spoof book titles.

Leeza Gibbons Leeza America Wilburs

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