Water Tank Rescue - RB175

 RANGER BILL for this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, with 

RB175 Water Tank Rescue

 Knotty Pine’s new water tower has just been built and is ready fill with fresh water for all the thirsty townsfolk of Knotty Pine. But Henry and his buddy Alec want a closer look at this new behemoth before it begins its work. Out of curiosity, the boys decide to climb to the top of the tower. Then curiosity gets them into some real trouble, and they don’t know how to get out! This little escapade turns into a matter of life and death!

This story is also known as "Smart Alec's Water Tank Inspection".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnscmt8KCYg

RB174 Henry's Crisis of Faith/Prove God Exists

 RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 11/29/2023, is:

RB174 "Henry's Crisis of Faith" aka "Prove God Exists"

Henry's college friend, Harvey Elroy, doesn't believe in God, and he is working hard to challenge Henry's faith. Henry has doubts as he wrestles with how to present his faith. A hike with his boys club offers insights into showing that God exists.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ranger+bill+henry%27s+crisis+of+faith&mid=E302826889399D8B50A9E302826889399D8B50A9&FORM=VIRE

RB173 Marty Patton's Piano

RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 11/28/23, is a fun and funny story:

RB173 Marty Patton's Piano

Stumpy recalls his younger days when he was studying to become a ranger. The Patton’s were his upstairs neighbors in the boarding house where he was living. The peace and quiet Stumpy needed to study was broken when Marty Patton began taking piano lessons and was practicing EVERY day. See how Stumpy managed to survive this terrible ordeal.

RB172 Ashby's Folly

   We begin our work week with a slippery problem for RANGER BILL in:

Ashby's Folly RB172

Stumpy runs into old friend Miles Ashby at the bank. Miles was just turned down for a loan. He needs the money so he can keep drilling for oil on his property. He thinks there is oil on his land even though no one has found oil anywhere else in the area. Folks call Miles' well "Ashby's Folly." Tully Philmore offers to buy Miles’ land and his oil drilling supplies. Stumpy wants desperately to help Miles but how?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE9Ljvtu4mQ

RB171 Legal Rights

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/25/23, is:

RB171 Legal Rights

Ken has a real problem. Neighbor Conrad just shot his daughter’s dog, Mr. Prince. Conrad fears and hates dogs after some attacked his horses. Prince is barely alive. Both Ken and daughter Julie are bitter. Is there anything Bill can do to mend fences between these angry neighbors?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOy-I3OL8A4

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 Uncle Bob's Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 11/25/23 talks to Fernanda the Leaf Frog.

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RB054 The Marauder of Goose Lake

   We begin early Saturday morning with quite a big Ranger Bill adventure

for 11/25/23, RB054
Marauder of Goose Lake

There's trouble at Goose Lake - BIG trouble. Homes and cabins along the lake are being broken into and wrecked. Angry homeowners want Ranger Bill and his boys to see the damage and find the culprit or culprits. Stumpy and Gray Wolf soon find something that they can't believe and don't want to believe. It looks like the biggest grizzly alive has come back, Old Joe. The Goose Lake residents are hopping mad and impatient. They aren't going to wait for Bill to get Old Joe. The men plan to hunt down Old Joe themselves. What is Bill going to do this time? How can he handle a mod of angry citizens and this enormous grizzly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFF3Y1x_IiQ

RB168 The Second Heart

  Our midweek RANGER BILL puts Bill and a small boy on the operating table in:

RB168 The Second Heart

8-year-old Leo Foster faints while taking a walk. Officer O’Roark sees the boy collapse and calls an ambulance. At the hospital, X-rays confirm the worst. Leo has a serious heart defect requiring major surgery. The surgery requires stopping Leo’s heart and tapping into another heart during the surgery. Leo has a rare blood type and needs someone whose blood matches his. The hunt is on for Leo’s second heart!

Arson at Brighton College RB053

  RANGER BILL for Saturday evening 11/18/23, is RB053

Arson at Brighton College 

Bill and Henry take off for the weekend to visit Bill's alma mater Brighton College and enjoy the homecoming football game. Henry is going to Brighton to visit with the college president's son Ronnie Winters. Ronnie keeps getting into trouble and has difficult time owning up to his mistakes. An old building being used as a dorm catches fire and the building's janitor is severely hurt. Fire investigators suspect arson. Later, Bill and Henry spot Ronnie speeding and generally driving dangerously. Is the Brighton fire arson? Could Ronnnie be that arsonist? What can Bill and Henry do to find the fire's cause and the person responsible?

RB170 The White Buffalo

  Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/18/23, deals with a man who has lost his faith:

RB170 The White Buffalo

Lloyd Adams is building tourist cabins outside of town near a rare herd of buffalo. The lead buffalo is an even rarer white buffalo! Lloyd used to be interested in God and church but now is only interested in money. The buffalo could mean even more profit for Lloyd. Can Bill and Stumpy find a way to rekindle Lloyd’s faith?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3_XqvH2hFE

RB052 An Old Horse Learns New Tricks

  Our Ranger Bill

for early Saturday morning, Nov. 18, 2023, is RB052
An Old Horse Learns New Tricks

While on the trail, Bill’s horse and faithful friend Storm, falls seriously ill. Bill flies Storm back to State U.. The vets there can’t seem to help. Bill demands the wisdom of his country vet, much to the city vets’ disapproval.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-10-03_ep179_An_Old_Horse_Learns_New_Tricks.mp3

RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold

   Our RANGER BILL adventure for Friday, 11/17/23, is quite a story indeed!:

RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold

Freddy Burns tries to get a job as a cub reporter at the Knotty Pine Sun. His family needs the extra income to survive. The secretary sends Freddy out to find and write a story to show his talent. Bill and Stumpy send Freddy to meet Old Ben, an old prospector who never found any gold.

The last line of today's show is quite a nifty joke: "Freddy Burns from the Sun"!!!

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-03-29_ep094_Freddies_Storuy_aka_Old_Bens_Gold_aka_Freddie_Burns_From_The_Sun.mp3

OTRR #119

The Lost Pig aka Tangerine, the Pig RB163

  RANGER BILL for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, is RB163

The Lost Pig aka Tangerine the Pig

Young Jody and Jill’s family has little money. They hope their pig Tangerine will win the cash prize at the fair. But Tangerine has other ideas. She escapes from the fair and hides in a herd of pigs stranded when their delivery truck crashes. The pigs are headed for the butcher. Will Tangerine end up on some family’s dinner table instead of the winners’ circle at the fair?Catch Today's show on TuneIn.com almost any time today or go to our Facebook page and listen any time you'd like!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsRsxWyZMpE

RB151 Bridge Out

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/11/23, is

RB151 Bridge Out!

Bill and Henry are checking fire lanes deep in the forest and pretty high up in the mountains. Henry takes a walk out on an old, unused railroad bridge for a bird’s eye view of the Shady Valley. Henry sees that a fallen tree has damaged the bridge. He decides to get off when the bridge collapses dropping him hundreds of feet into the valley. Things go from bad to worse when a train whistle announces that a train is headed for the collapsed bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrw2xhM2h0k

RB050 The Log Jam

 Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, 11/11/23, is RB050

The Log Jam

It is springtime in the Shady River Valley. The Shady River fills with snow melt and logs from the various logging camps high up in the mountains. Bill calls on the services of Frenchy DeSalle to free up a spring log jam that is causing the Shady River to flood homes along its banks. The jam is so huge that Frenchy may not be able to clear it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZDlWyycEU

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning, Veterans Day 11/11/2023 is:

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from a Monarch Butterfly. Bob learns about the amazing life cycle of this marvelous insect. Then we hear about John the Baptist and his message.

https://moodyaudio.com/products/monarch-butterfly-0

RB157 The Mad Bison

  RANGER BILL for Thursday 11/9/23 was:

RB157 The Mad Bison

It’s springtime in the Shady Valley. And in spring, young buffaloes battle for the right to lead the herd. If the young bull wins, the old lead bull is run out of the herd. Old Snort is an old buffalo bull who just lost his job as leader, and now he’s a lone marauder, savagely attacking any animal in his path. Can Bill and the boys find and stop Old Snort before he causes any more harm in the Shady Valley?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep087_The_Mad_Bison.mp3

OTRR #183

RB156 The No Good Dog

   Our RANGER BILL

for Wednesday afternoon, Nov.8, 2023,  is RB156

The No Good Dog

 Skinny (Horatio Thornwall Skines) works for successful bloodhound breeder Jarvis Engell and his son Ed. Jarvis gives Skinny a runt pup Peanut. Jarvis says that Peanut should grow up to be a great show dog. Ed gets jealous and wants his own top show dog because wants to defeat Skinny at dog shows. Which dog will win, the one raised on love or the one raised with a club?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poyElEhBfOU

RB155 Henry's History Lesson aka Henry's Wagon Train Dream

  RANGER BILL

for Nov. 7, 2023 is

RB155 Henry's History Lesson aka Henry's Wagon Train Dream

Henry is having trouble memorizing dates and places for history class. Stumpy tells Henry to put himself into the history he is studying. Henry dreams he is part of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail in the 1840s approaching an unnamed river. Hostile Indians are waiting to ambush the pioneers at the river.

Chat about  the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

Ceiling Zero - RB158

Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 11/4/23, is

RB158 Ceiling Zero

Air Force test pilot Gary Metzger is badly hurt when the plane he is testing crashes. Gary develops a fear of flying. Bill and the boys go to see Gary’s brother Paul to see if there is anything he or they can do to overcome Gary’s new found fear of death

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep088_Ceiling_Zero.mp3

RB048 The Man Who Understood

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Nov. 4, 2023, is RB048

The Man Who Understood

Angus, one of Bill’s rangers, is devastated when his son Steve is hit by a car and killed. Angus is so grief stricken that he wants revenge on the man who hit Steve. The driver is terribly sorry for the accident and understands how Angus feels. Bill must step in to stop Angus from hurting the driver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8C5Eew1nWY

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 On Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Nov. 4, 2023,

 Uncle Bob Devine chats with a Mangrove Tree about his work growing in salt water creating a place for fish to live and building new shoreline soil.

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RB148 The Man of the House

  RANGER BILL for our Friday entertainment, Nov. 3, 2023, is

RB148 "The Man of the House".

Bill thinks that orphan Jerry Quinn would be a good fit for young couple Fred and Ruth who lost their son just a few months before. Ruth is still grieving and doesn't want another child so soon.

Jerry has issues of his own. He keeps getting into trouble as a way of dealing with the stress he is feeling.

Can Bill help these lonely, grieving people become a family?