To help continue the summer reading program, the Luverne Public Library invited a clown and educational juggler to perform for children and show off a few tricks he has up his sleeves. 

Ron Anglin – proprietor of Quite a Catch, LLC and employee with a hospital clown nonprofit, Laughter League – showed off some of his juggling, balancing and bubble tricks by performing as Ron G. Biv for children in the audience. 

“It’s very important to me to try to help people laugh, especially when times are dark… to be able to laugh is a tonic and it truly is the best medicine; so I really enjoy trying to dispense it,” Anglin said. 

Starting off the show on a roll, Anglin rolled onto the stage on a unicycle, ran into the wall and balanced the unicycle on his chin. 

Throughout the show, Anglin included young readers in some of the tricks; from teaching one how to use a Kendama – a Japanese skill toy – to having Library Director Kathryn Tomlin help with a balancing trick paying homage to Angry Birds. 

“It was a great program; he had good participation with the kids, and he brought several kids up and let them do things,” Tomlin said. “It was amazing how that little girl held the plates spinning, I thought, ‘Oh wow, that’s amazing,’ I like it when the kids are involved in it.” 

Keeping with the 2025 Summer Reading theme, Color Our World, Anglin’s routines included a message of inclusion: from him hating yellow to accepting it as one of the colors of the rainbow. 

After the show, Anglin made miniature balloon animals out of threads of beads for the children in attendance, using beads in all the colors of the rainbow. 

The next Summer Reading event with the Luverne Public Library will be a visit from the Montgomery Zoo, who will be bringing animals on June 27 at 10 a.m.