Our Monday Ranger Bill
for Oct. 31,2022, is RB048RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/29/22, is:
RB141 Setting Sail aka The Man at the Door
Bill and JoJo (filling in for Henry) take an ocean cruise to Puerto Combello so Bill can teach new forestry and conservation practices there. Their cruise is soon interrupted when Bill catches a man listening to their conversation through the cabin door. The man escapes, so Bill and the ship's detective must hunt the man down. There is also a wealthy man from the Middle East onboard, and Bill is concerned for this gentleman's safety.
Our early Saturday morning Ranger Bill
for Oct. 29, 2022, is RB047Uncle Bob Devine chats with a star-nosed mole on Nature Corner for Oct. 29,2022:
Thursday's very scary RANGER BILL is
RB045 The Road Ghost
Buses heading for Knotty Pine are crashing. It's not poor weather or icy roads that are causing these accidents. Bus drivers on the night route from Junction City to Knotty Pine are seeing animals, ghost animals, crossing the road in front of them causing the drivers to swerve and wreck. Gus McDougal will go out of business unless the road ghosts and the wrecks stop. Gus asks Bill and the boys to look into the problem. Are the animals real? Are the road ghosts real? And what can Bill do about ghosts anyway?
Our RANGER BILL adventure for Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, is:
RB043 The Crusher
A cargo plane crash lands at Knotty Pine airport. A short time later, an airport employee is found dead inside a hanger near the plane’s cargo boxes. He has been crushed to death. Who or what could do this? Ranger Bill is called in to investigate. He suspects something escaped one of the cargo boxes.
Our midweek RANGER BILL story for 10/26/22 is:
RB044 The Old Diehard
Ranger Bill and the boys take a trip to State U. to give chemist Dr. Thaddeus Draper some soil samples to test. The fellas walk into an disagreement between Dr. Draper and his grandson Mel. Dr. Draper wants to Mel to follow in his footsteps and become a research chemist. Mel wants to be an agricultural chemist but won't buck his grandfather. Bill sees the tension building between the Drapers. Mel asks for Bill's help with his grandfather. Then Dr. Draper wants Bill to talk Mel into being a research chemist. Bill is between a rock and a diehard. What is he going to do in this situation? Can Bill make either Draper happy, or will both be mad at Bill and at each other?
RANGER BILL begins a new work week by trying to kill himself and all his men:
RB042 Forest Fire Death Trap aka Fire in the Forest
The towns of Silver Springs and Claytown are surrounded by 10 forest fires and their citizens are trapped. The southern district rangers can't fight these blazes alone. They call Bill and his men and equipment to control the fires. This is one of the biggest fires the state has ever had. And to top it off, the train bringing equipment from Knotty Pine breaks down. Can Bill help get these fires under control or will rangers and innocent citizens die?
Uncle Bob Devine visits with Mickey the Zebra Mussel on this Saturday's Nature Corner for 10/22/22:
After a week of silence during a successful Fall Share-a-thon for FBN, Ranger Bill wakes us with the sounds of explosions for 10/22/22:
RB139 Stumpy's Harmonica
Stumpy’s harmonica playing is driving everyone at ranger headquarters crazy. Meanwhile, 20 miles away, a thunderstorm sets off blasts at Brown Brothers Quarry trapping several men. The rangers help the miners rescue the trapped men after hours of digging. Next Stumpy and Henry are buried alive by more explosions. They have no way of being located. Who can save our rangers from their rock tomb?
Uncle Bob chats with Kevin the Red Kangaroo on Nature Corner for 10/15/22:
Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning Oct. 15,2022, is:
RB134 The Cattle Rustlers of Coconino
The Joe and Jack Jackson, identical twins, own the Big J Ranch. They mysteriously lose part of their cattle herd. The Jacksons suspect rustlers, but modern communications stopped rustling years ago. The boys keep losing cattle a few at a time. They finally ask Ranger Bill to check into their mystery. A mystery man, Mr. Dark, may be the key to this mystery.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, 10/15/22, is a fan favorite:
Stumpy Gets 30 DaysRanger Bill for Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, is
Set the Record Straight.Our RANGER BILL tension-filled adventure
for 10/12//22 is The Shortage
John Patterson is the Forest Service accountant for the Northwest District and one of Bill’s rangers. John is a fine Christian and works hard to do a good job. But recently John has been worrying himself sick over an accounting error of thousands of dollars that he can’t find to correct. He won’t tell anyone or ask for help and a federal audit is only days away.
Our RANGER BILL story for 10/10/22, is:
RB035 Henry for Mayor
It's Youth Week at Knotty Pine High, and Henry has a "Thorny" problem - Thornton Newcastle, that is. Henry is running for Youth Week mayor against young Mr. Newcastle. Thornton is the son of a big businessman and used to getting his way. Thorny is worried that Henry will win the mayor's race because of Henry's popularity at school. Henry is on the swim team and has the best grades in math. Thornton steals Henry's math notes and accuses him of cheating. Now Henry may not only lose the race but also kicked off the swim team and flunk math. Bill can't go to Henry's aid or he will interfere with the Youth Week. Henry must stand up for himself. But what can he do to defend his good name?
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/8/22, will leave you shivering:
RB132 Avalanche Rescue
Bill and Henry are busy knocking down avalanches on the Big Six Mountains. Novice skier Jenny Bender aims to tackle those steep hills regardless of the risk. Bill closes the Big Six to any skiers until he and Henry clear all the dangerous drifts. Jenny sneaks out to go skiing before Bill opens the slopes. A huge avalanche threatens the ski lodge and the headstrong young lady.
RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors for early Saturday morning, Oct. 8,2022:
RB034 – Piggyback – Dangerous winter weather and complex delivery problems threaten the survival of both Canyon City Truck Lines and the railroad. Leonard Grant, owner of CCTL, and Spence Neihoff, superintendent of the Knotty Pine railroad district, do not get along and refuse to work with one another. Bill must teach these men how to work together instead of against each other.
Ranger Bill is preparing us for the coming winter weather on this Friday, 10/7/22, with RB033:
Chinook
It's winter in the Shady Mountains. At least it's supposed to be. The dreaded Chinook winds are blowing. The winds make it 50 degrees in the mountains when it ought to be 15 degrees below zero. The snow in the Shadies is melting and filling up Mid-Mountain Dam and cracking off huge chunks of glacier ice. The rising waters and the moving ice are threatening Mid-Mountain and Knotty Pine Dams. The threat to Mid-Mountain Dam grows with each passing hour of thaw. The dam operators ask Bill and the boys to do something to stop the ice. Bill calls on the one person he thinks can stop the ice boulders - Frenchy DeSalle. How can logger Frenchy help Bill stop tons and tons of speeding ice flows?
Maybe the title needs an exclamation point!
RANGER BILL for Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 ,
The Floating Death Trap
Riverboats carry freight and passengers between Knotty Pine and Mirror Lake and Kings Islands. Andy Coogan and Jim Gunderson are fierce competitors for the tourists visiting the Mirror Lake region. Bill will not give Andy a passengers license because his boat is dangerous. His stacks leak. Deck planks need to be replaced. The boiler is a threat to human life.Ranger Bill story for Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 is:
Our Ranger Bill adventure for Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, is:
Ranger Bill begins our work week with a search and rescue adventure for 10/3/22 :
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/1/22, is truly one of their biggest adventures yet:
RB130 The Mountain that Moved
Stumpy and Henry go fishing on Old Thunderhead. Strange sounds start coming from the mountain. Then a seismologist, Mr. Chenowith, arrives to investigate strange readings coming from the mountain. Earthquakes trap Henry and Stumpy and threaten their lives. Then Old Thunderhead actually begins to move, leaving huge chasms and blocking all the mountain's roads. Bill must find a way to rescue his friends before it's too late.
Our RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning
for Oct. 1, 2022,
RB028 – The River Monster –
The town of Rivers Bend builds some new dikes and levees to protect the city and its residents from the flood waters of the Shady River. But dikes can’t protect Rivers Bend from Zack Stephens and the huge log rafts he floats down the river.
