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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

RB071 A Dog's Worst Enemy

 Our Ranger Bill to end the year,12/31/24 is RB071

A Dog's Worst Enemy

Several dogs around Knotty Pine get sick and die suddenly. The dogs were POISONED!!! Their owners and most people in Knotty Pine are furious about it. They want the man who did this caught - NOW. Mailman Abe is accused of killing dogs.


OTRR #58

Sunday, December 29, 2024

RB045 The Road Ghost

 Saturday afternoon's very scary RANGER BILL for 12/28/24 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUWQfTZ8DBc

RB165 Full Sails aka The Sail Sled

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 12/28/24, is an exciting tale with a good gospel message:

RB165 The Sail Sled aka Full Sails

Bill is flying to San Francisco. He meets a heart doctor on his way to operate on a critically ill patient. The plane is forced to crash land in a snowy mountain pass. Bill must come up with a way to find help and deliver the doctor to San Francisco. Could a gentleman who races sailboats help Bill rescue everyone?


OTRR#120

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Seagull

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 28,2024

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Sandy Seagull. Sandy lives happily and comfortably in the winter temperatures of North America. Learn how Sandy is designed to handle the cold. Then learn how she is different from other kinds of seagulls.

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https://moodyaudio.com/products/herring-seagulls

https://moodyaudio.com/products/black-headed-seagullsmp3

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RB070 Houseboat Charlie

  Our Ranger Bill story

for early Saturday morning, Dec. 28, 2024, is RB070
Houseboat Charlie


Houseboat Charlie has been ferrying folks back and forth across the Shady River longer than anyone can remember. He’s survived outlaws and Indian attacks, heat, fires and more. Bill wants him to dock the ferry until the heavy rains and flooding stops, but Charlie isn't about to let a little rain scare him.

Friday, December 27, 2024

RB069 Earthquake

  Our Ranger Bill adventure

for Friday afternoon, Dec. 27, 2024, is RB069
Earthquake

Bill and Ralph enjoy watching the construction of a new office building. Then an earthquake strikes Knotty Pine causing fairly minor damage. More quakes are forecast. Bill thinks the town’s disaster teams need more training. 

Key Phrase - "Don't lose your head or you may lose your life."

Bernie Holcman - Civil Defense Coordinator

Mr. Hansen - Construction Foreman


One of my favorite episodes!

Thursday, December 26, 2024

RB068 Hot Fire

  Our Thursday afternoon Ranger Bill  is a massive, out of control fire

for Dec. 26, 2024, is RB068
Hot Fire

Stan Woods’ procrastination causes big problems for Bill. Stan won’t take the time to clear brush from in front of his company’s caves. The caves are used to store explosives. Wildfires threaten the caves as well as Bill’s firefighters.

RB202 Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce

 Our Ranger Bill

for Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024, is
Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce

Henry and his boys club are putting on a Christmas pageant in the high school auditorium. It will close with a short performance by Christian recording artist Bill Pearce. There are rehearsals and many problems to iron out. Henry learns that one of the boys, Johnny, doesn't believe the Christmas story. Henry takes the time to witness to Johnny, and Johnny begins to believe. Johnny asks Henry, "If the Bible is true, why everyone doesn't believe?" Wally, a key boy in the show, is hit by a car and must stay in the hospital. How will the pageant go on with Wally in the hospital? What will happen to Johnny? And what of Bill Pearce?


OTRR #151

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Blessings for Christmas

 Please take time to attend worship at your local church, especially now, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and welcome the newborn Savior.

God bless you this Christmas and all your days!!!

RB201 Christmas Bells

  Our Ranger Bill

for  Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, is RB201

Christmas Bells

Policeman Pat O’Roark faces death just before Christmas. He finds strength to live when he hears the church bells ring. When the bells break, only Herman Schmidt, can repair them. Herman has an attack of severe rheumatism and can’t climb the tower ladder to make the needed repairs. Bill and the boys are called on to try to fix the bells.

RB096 Jimmy's Christmas Miracle

 Our Ranger Bill for December 21, 2024, is RB096

Jimmy's Christmas Miracle


Little crippled Jimmy Benson needs hope to heal his injured legs that have him trapped in a wheelchair. Bill gives him that hope when he locates a specialist who thinks he can fix Jimmy’s injury. Bill needs help from the church to pay for the operation, but a board member blocks using church funds for this.


Merry Christmas everyone!

Saturday, December 21, 2024

RB066 The Blessing of Snow

  Ranger Bill ends our  work week this Friday 12/20/24, is a wintry blast:

RB066 The Blessing of Snow
The Big Prairie region is suffering from a long, hard drought. The farmers there are ready give up and quit farming. The area hasn't seen a significant rain or a lasting snowfall in several years. No one can believe that a deep, lasting snowfall is coming let alone a dangerous one - with blessings. Bill gets Big Brute ready to plow in case of heavy snow.

RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold

 Our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, 12/21/24, 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

RB065 The Cat in the Wall

  Our  Ranger Bill

for Thursday afternoon, 12/19/24, is RB065
The Cat in the Wall
Stumpy’s neighbor Beulah Lindstrom thinks Stumpy is trying to steal her cat Blackie. She insists that Blackie has crawled inside the walls of Stumpy’s house. She wants Blackie back at any cost – to Stumpy’s house! And we get to hear from Bill’s mom in this adventure.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

RB064 Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

  Our story for this midweek is a construction project gone wrong on Ranger Bill

for 12/18/2024 - 
RB064 Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

It’s late winter in Knotty Pine. Winter is just beginning to loosen its grip, and the snow is starting to melt. Bill, Henry, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf take a trip upriver to see the construction of the new Silver River Dam. The construction foreman Brick Finch is as proud as a peacock of the money he saved on motors for the flood gates. But will there be other costs to these cheap motors?

Saturday, December 14, 2024

RB043 The Crusher

  Our RANGER BILL adventure for Saturday evening, Dec. 14, 2024, 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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep170_The_Crusher.mp3

OTRR #198

RB163 The Lost Pig, aka Tangerine, the Pig

   RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2024, 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?

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

RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy

   RANGER BILL for this early Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2024, is

RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy

Little Norman Clark doesn’t want to listen to his mother. She is trying get Norman to obey a few simple rules such as “Clean your room”. Norman refuses to mind and runs away to teach mom a lesson. Meanwhile, Bill gets a visit from a fellow ranger from England, Hugh Fitzhughvits. What a way to spend a vacation – on the hunt of a missing child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-eC_ZXQCE

Friday, December 13, 2024

RB061 The Laughing Fce aka The Wolverine Scare

  Our Ranger Bill to end our work week, Dec. 13, 2024, is 

RB061 The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare


Trouble is brewing at Trappers Landing in Big North Country. Roy Westgate's trading post is busy with trappers who should be working their lines. Trappers Abe and Jeff tell of losing pelts from their trap lines.  Mac and Shorty say they followed tracks they have never seen before. Then Big Jack arrives to say he's seen wolverine tracks. The wolverine is the most feared animal in the wild. Trappers believe a wolverine killed Beaver Dan in Alaska. The news creates a panic and causes most of the trappers to quit for the year. Roy's trading post will close if the trappers quit. Roy asks Bill to help. But how can Bill fight superstition and the fear it brings?

Thursday, December 12, 2024

RB060 Decision for Death

  Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2024, is RB060

Decision for Death

Eight climbers on the Savage Mountains (better known as the Refrigerator Mountains) fall into a crevasse. Bill and his rangers are called in to rescue the trapped climbers. Two men have fallen so far that they can’t be reached. Will Bill be able to find some way to rescue these men before they suffer the slow, maddening process of freezing to death?

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

RB059 The Man with the Limp

 Our Ranger Bill

for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, is 
RB059  The Man with the Limp

The chairman of the church mission board and the chairman of the orphanage board want to remove a man who is member of both boards because he spends too much time in prayer. Meanwhile a mysterious stranger with a limp comes to Knotty Pine causing much talk.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Fennec Fox, Hoatzin Bird

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 7, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine has two special guests for us this week. First, Bob chats with Fannie the Fennec Fox. Fannie is a samll fox who lives in the Sahara Desert.

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Next, Bob meets and greets Wilma the Hoatzin Bird from South America. (by the way, "hoatzin" is pronounced just like the name "Watson". )

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Saturday, December 7, 2024

RB042 Fire in the Forest aka Forest Fire Death Trap

  In our RANGER BILL for Friday evening, Dec. 6, 2024, Bill tries to kill himself and all his fire jumpers:

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQy3UPzqvj8

RB056 The Ice Prison

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 7, 2024, is RB056

The Ice Prison

Moose McBain braves the 30-degree-below-zero winter cold on foot to tell Bill that he found a man frozen in the ice on Big Pine Lake. The discovery leads the rangers on a hunt for a missing team of scientists who have been trapped in a cave by an avalanche.


OTRR #42

Thursday, December 5, 2024

RB055 A Lesson In Love

  Our Ranger Bill for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, is a very touching one: 

RB055 A Lesson in Love


10-year-old Tommy Woodruff lives with his grandfather. Tommy sells newspapers and delivers groceries to help supplement his grandpa’s small pension check. A well-meaning woman wants Tommy to have a better life-style, so she calls on a judge to take Tommy from his loving grandpa.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

RB054 The Marauder of Goose Lake

 We have quite a big Ranger Bill adventure

for Wednesday, 12/4/24, 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 mob of angry citizens and this enormous grizzly?

Monday, December 2, 2024

RB052 An Old Horse Learns New Tricks

  Our first Ranger Bill for December

for Monday , Dec.2, 2024, 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.

Saturday, November 30, 2024

RB158 Ceiling Zero

 Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 11-30-24, 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

OTRR #184

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Sugarbird

 Nature Corner/Storyboob Room for Nov. 30, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit fron Sarah the Sugarbird. Sugarbirds live in South Africa and live onProtea bushes. Most can live their whole lives on the same bush. Protea bushes provide everything a sugar bird needs for a happy, healthy life.

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RB050 The Log Jam

 Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, 11/30/24, 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!

Friday, November 29, 2024

RB051 Catching aBig Fish with a small Hook

 Our Friday Ranger Bill for Nov. 29, 2024, is RB051

Catching a BIG Fish with a Small Hook

A government scientist, Dr. Orlando, needs Dr. Jonathan Black to be his replacement. But Dr. Black disappeared after a lab accident killed a friend. The Secret Service thinks that Dr. Black is hiding in the Knotty Pine area. Ranger Bill knows someone who may be the missing doctor.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

RB047 The Broken Promise

  Our Monday afternoon Ranger Bill

for Nov. 25, 2024, is RB047
The Broken Promise

Ezra Newcombe sold his ranch to Todd Stone. Ezra let some teens race their hot rods on his ranch so they could race safely. Todd ignores his promise to let the racing continue. The teens are furious and plan to get even with Todd.

RB049 Nature's Vacuum Cleaner

  Our exciting Ranger Bill adventure

for Wednesday, Nov.27, 2024, is RB049
Nature's Vacuum Cleaner

Radio announcer Bart Sneed and Knotty Pine residents ignore warnings from both Ranger Bill and local weathermen to seek shelter from the tornadoes that are headed for the Shady River Valley. Tornadoes have never struck anywhere near Knotty Pine before, and no one can believe they will strike now. Is Bill wrong or will lives be lost in the coming whirlwind?

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Snow Sheep

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Nov. 23, 2024:

Uncle Bob Devine greets Flo the Snow Sheep this morning. Flo comes from very cold and rocky mountains of Siberia in the far north above the Arctic Circle. Flo is another of the world's big horn sheep. Find out why she is the smallest of the big horns. See why God gave her hooves that work like pliers. Learn what she eats and how she cares for her young.

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RB156 The No Good Dog

  RANGER BILL

for early Saturday morning Nov. 23, 2024,  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=hX8ohM3FHtc

Friday, November 22, 2024

RB046 The Handcar Race

 Our Ranger Bill for this Friday, 11/22/24, is: RB046

 "The Handcar Race".


The Fireball Express is streaking north toward the Knotty Pine region at 100 miles per hour with 400 souls on board. "Unc" McFadden is the rail dispatcher at Junction City. His job is making sure that the trains under his care get to their destinations safely. That includes the Fireball Express. Heavy rains followed by flash flooding threaten the rail trestles and bridges near Knotty Pine. To be safe, Unc sends a trestle tester engine to check the northern line especially the old trestle over 800-foot-deep Cougar Canyon. What will the tester crew find? This doesn't sound like any kind of a race to me. What does a handcar have to do with the whole problem? And what does this have to do with our rangers?

Thursday, November 21, 2024

RB045 The Road Ghost

 Thursday's very scary RANGER BILL for 11/21/24 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUWQfTZ8DBc

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

RB044 The Old Diehard

 Our  RANGER BILL story for midweek, 11/20/24 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=b4OqZDyb5xY

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

RB043 The Crusher

 Our RANGER BILL adventure for Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, 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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep170_The_Crusher.mp3

OTRR #198

Saturday, November 16, 2024

RB042 Forest Fire Death Trap aka Fire in the Forest

 In our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Nov. 16, 2024, Bill tries 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQy3UPzqvj8

RB154 Ronnie's Bear aka The Mad Bear

  Our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, Nov. 16, 2024, is

RB154 Ronnie's Bear aka The Mad Bear 

Henry runs a boys club at the grade school. He has assigned a nature study projects. The boys are to collect things from nature and do talks about them. Ornery little Ronnie Edwards wants to bring a bear to the meeting. Coincidentally, school janitor Sam thinks he spotted a bear. Ronnie couldn’t really have a bear – could he?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_60-09-28_ep084_Ronnies_Bear_aka_The_Mad_Bear_aka_Cub_Trouble.mp3

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Dall Sheep

  Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Nov. 16,2024

Uncle Bob Devine chats with Saul the Dall Sheep who lives high in the mountains of Alaska. Learn why male sheep battle every Fall and don't get seriously injured in those fights. See how their hooves are designed to walk safely on steep, rocky mountain slopes. See how they digest food much like a cow and more!!!

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Friday, November 15, 2024

RB041 The Jealous Stepfather

 Ranger Bill for a Friday evening, 11/15/24, has a family dealing with anger and jealousy,

RB041 The Jealous Stepfather

Our rangers are driving back to Knotty Pine after a long, cold day in the forest. They are just starting to get warm in their "snowmobile" when they pass a young boy walking along an isolated stretch of road. The fellas pick up the boy, who reluctantly agrees to go to town but not home. This young man Gary has been verbally abused and beaten by his stepfather. The stepfather Jake has trouble controlling his anger and lashes out at home and at work. Bill is willing to help both Gary and Jake. But will Jake be willing or able to change his life - even with help? Jake's and Gary's lives both depend upon it!

Thursday, November 14, 2024

RB040 Stumpy Gets 30 Days

  Our Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, 11/14/24, is a fan favorite:

Stumpy Gets 30 Days

No, Stumpy wasn't arrested for speeding or  for robbery, but he was crushed and gored by a buffalo bull. Now the Old Timer struggles for life. After weeks of rest and recouperation, the old fella is left weak and tired and in pain. Then later he struggles for the courage to get healthy and return to work. Bill gives the Old Timer 30 days to get back to work or lose his ranger job.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

RB039 Mrs. Kane Wins a War

 Our midweek Ranger Bill is full of excitement

for Nov. 13, 2024, in RB039:
Mrs. Kane Wins a War

The Hill Gang and the River Gang are rivals. These young hoodlums like battling one another on the back of Mrs. Kane’s property just outside of Knotty Pine. She called the police on their latest fight. The gangs plan to resume their interrupted fight the very next night. Then they intend to get revenge on Mrs. Kane herself!

RB153 Pete's Civil War aka Civil War Junk

   Ranger Bill

for Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, is RB153

Pete's Civil War aka Civil War Junk


Pete Granville has spent his whole life collecting relics from the Civil War. Pete has sacrificed for years to buy those relics. He even dreamed of turning his home into a museum. But today Pete put up a sign – “Junk for Sale.” Stumpy is determined to help his old friend turn his collection into a working museum.

Pete's Civil War first aired Oct. 11, 1961. This episode opens with the second of two openings used on the show. This opening was first used in the Fall of 1959, according to my records.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOu0vg4hj4

Saturday, November 9, 2024

RB152 Birthday Rescue aka Fallen Hunter

  

Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, Nov. 9, 2024,
RB152 Birthday Rescue aka Fallen Hunter
It’s Henry’s birthday, and the guys give him some wonderful gifts. Meanwhile a lone hunter falls into a small canyon and is badly hurt. No one knows where he is. He will probably die there in the wilderness unless something happens to change his situation. Can Henry’s birthday possibly be a gift of life to a man without hope and alone?

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Clouded Leopard

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Nov. 9,202

Today Uncle Bob Devine greets Loretta the Clouded Leopard. Loretta live in the evergreen rainforests of Nepal, but you can find her relatives in Tibet, India, China, and other countries in that region. She is smaller than other leopards and doesn't look a lot like them either. She enjoys living high in those trees of the rainforest. learn more from Loretta's chat with Bob.

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Then Tim talks with the apostle Matthew who wrote the Gospel of Matthew. Tim is having trouble understanding Matthew 16:24 wher Jesus says to "deny yourself and take up your cross and follow Me."

RB038 Set the Record Straight

  Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Nov. 9, 2024, is RB038:

Set the Record Straight.

Two misbehaving boys, Justin and Peter, must stay after school as punishment for working on sports plays instead of paying attention in class. The boys tell their parents that their teacher Miss Anderson is prejudiced against sports because she is crippled. Both of the boys’ fathers want Miss Anderson punished or worse.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

RB035 Henry for Mayor

  Our Thursday evening RANGER BILL story for Nov. 7, 2024, 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-Eu2Z5WzA

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

RB032 The Floating Death Trap

  RANGER BILL for Monday evening, Nov. 4, 2024 , RB032

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.
Andy says Bill is hurting him to help Gunderson. Andy asks several of Knotty Pine's influential citizens to pressure Bill to change his decision.
Will Andy do the right thing and fix his riverboat or will Bill give in to pressure and let Andy stay on the river? Will Andy continue to run his boat or will it break down and end the debate?


OTRR #193

RB034 Piggyback

  RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors, early Sat. morning, Oct. 12,2024:

 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL2qpm90sw

First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

RB151 Bridge Out! aka Henry's Bridge

RANGER BILL for late Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, is

RB151 Bridge Out! aka Henry's Bridge

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

RB150 Cliff Rescue, Clean-Up Work, Timmy climbs Mt. Evergreen

 Our Ranger Bill adventure for late Saturday morning, Nov. 2, 2024, is RB150:

Cliff Rescue aka Clean-Up Work aka Timmy Climbs Mt. Evergreen

Spring cleaning at ranger headquarters is interrupted by trouble on Mt. Evergreen. Champion mountain climber Keith takes his family climbing on Mt. Evergreen. Little Tim goes wandering off from camp and gets trapped on a crumbly, narrow ledge. Bill and the fellas must find a way to rescue the young climber before he falls off the ledge.


https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_60-08-26_ep201_Cliff_Rescue_aka_Clean_Up_Work_aka_Timmy_Climbs_Mount_Evergreen.mp3

OTRR #101

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Binturong

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 11/2/24

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Barnabas Binturong to the show today. a full-frown binturong weighs about 30 pounds and looks like a small bear with a cat-like face. His name means "bear-weasel". For much more about Barnabas go to toad's link below.

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RB037 The Shortage

  Our RANGER BILL tension-filled adventure

for early Saturday morning, 11/2/24, 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HuVC_1CQB0

Thursday, October 31, 2024

RB030 Flaming Grass

 Our Ranger Bill adventure for Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, is:


RB030 – Flaming Grass – Bill issues prairie warnings for Knotty Pine County during a summer with no rain, but farmers and ranchers refuse to adopt fire control measures, so Bill calls in Big Brute for help. This is Big Brute's first RB episode, but certainly not his last!!!

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

RB029 Fossil Canyon

Ranger Bill has a  very dangerous search and rescue adventure for 10/30/24 :

RB029 – Fossil Canyon – 

Two college students go hunting for dinosaur bones in Fossil Canyon. They are overcome by the heat of the canyon and are unable to get out. Bill and his rangers must brave the 115 degree heat of the canyon to find the boys before it’s too late.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

RB028 The River Monster

 Our RANGER BILL for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 

RB028 – The River Monster –

 The town of River's 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 River's Bend from Zack Stephens and the huge log raft he is floating down the river.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHLGGa2Apc

Monday, October 28, 2024

RB027 Bobsled

  Our exciting RANGER BILL adventure for Monday, Oct. 28, 2024: 

RB027 Bobsled

The state championship bobsled races are going to be held at Culver’s Peak. Top speeds are expected to exceed 60 miles per hour! Our rangers will be racing against the Cole brothers and their faster sled. Our rangers have won these races for the last three years running, but the Cole brothers could end their winning streak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfDUUn2shU&t=26s

RB036 Sleeping Death

 Ranger Bill has his hands full with

RB036 – Sleeping Death for this Oct. 26, 2024.

– Sleeping Sickness infects the Central City area. Local manpower and equipment are not enough to control the mosquito population. The rangers are called in to help spray for mosquitoes, but one large landowner won’t allow the spraying on his land leaving many in danger of infection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQr7MtwVotY

By the way, "mosquitoes" and "mosquitos" are both correct plural forms for :mosquito.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Red Squirrel

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Oct. 26 2024:

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Chatterer is an 8-inch long squirrel with a reddist brown coat. Find out where Chatterer calls home, the places where he likes build his homes. Chatterer will tell you all about his caches. 

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You will be able to learn about other squirrles as well. See all the ways squirrels differ or are alike.

RB147 The Monster of White Lake

 Our RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 2024, 

has our rangers scratching their heads in amazement, confusion, and fear:

 RB147 The Monster of White Lake

Boaters and fishermen are being attacked on White Lake and White River. The monster rises out of the waters, attacks an unsuspecting fisherman, and then disappears back into the depths of the lake. Folks are terribly frightened. Ranger Bill gets called in to identify and hopefully capture the beast.

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

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

RB024 Ice Pack

  Our RANGER BILL for  10/23/24, takes our rangers to the dangerous ocean ice fields near Alaska - RB024:

Ice Pack 

The vessel Sea Chaser is trapped in the huge, powerful ice flows near Alaska. When they are unable to contact anyone by radio, the passengers and crew plan a mutiny. Bill and his rangers are called in to find Sea Chaser and bring everyone safely home.

Icebergs are an even bigger threat in 2024 than they were in the 1950s when Ice Pack first aired.


Click on Ranger Bill on Facebook to chat about "Ice Pack" this week.

RB022 Glacier Cave-In

  Our RANGER BILL adventure for Monday, Oct.. 21, 2024, is

RB022 Glacier Cave-In

A team of archeologists study an ancient cave that was exposed when the Big Slide Glacier moved. The glacier moves again and causes an earthquake and landslides. Bill and Henry are part of a rescue team sent to recover the scientists. One of the scientists, Dr. Swift, is trapped under a slide. Amputation of the doctor’s leg may be the only way to save his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz8pMcvFv0Q&t=3s

Saturday, October 19, 2024

RB146 Rising Curiosity

 Our Saturday afternoon RANGER BILL for 10/19/24, is a story of disobedience and its consequences:

RB146 Rising Curiosity

Bill and Stumpy are in Washington, DC, learning new weather forecasting techniques. Shipping crates full of weather equipment and weather balloons arrive at ranger headquarters. Curiosity over the boxes gets the better of Henry and his friend Jack. They look in one box then another. Pretty soon they’re up to the clouds in trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD8HyUeLwTc&list=PLlUoyloCGlWxz_1Q5-ziI8gPVY8-RQiFQ&index=179

RB145 Mind Over Matter aka Crazy Man Comes Back

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/19/24, is:

RB145 Mind Over Matter aka Crazy Man Comes Back

Former ranger George Foster returns to restart his life in Knotty Pine after seven years in a mental hospital. Sylvester, "Syl", and his gang of toughs does their best to make life unbearable for George and his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdnw1POdz6w

RB144 Mystery Island

   RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 10/19/24, is: 

RB144 Mystery Island

Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Mary Lu go camping on Lake Arthur Island. They meet fellow campers kindly Mr. Overby and grumpy Mr. Meany. Both men appear to be keeping secrets about themselves. On their very first evening there, Henry and Mary Lu hear some very strange sounds. The kids get scared and want to go home. What are Bill and Stumpy going to do to salvage their camping trip and get rid of the strange noises?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTae2T0NPsA

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Oct. 19, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine's guest for today is Hail. Hail is an interesting, and even  an amazing, part of the weather God blesses us with. Even though hail is basically a ball of ice crystals, it generaly falls only during the summer months. Learn how hail is formed and how large it can become!!!

Thursday, October 17, 2024

RB219 Skinner Raises a Storm

  RANGER BILL for

Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 16,2024, is
RB219 "Skinner Raises a Storm"
Skinner McNeil loves his mules. They have worked hard and faithfully pulling Skinner's two wagons for 12 years. Skinner and his mules work for the Mountain Refining Co. MRC makes glass. Skinner hauls, or rather hauled, sand from the mines to the glass works.
Hal the owner wants to sell mules to the butcher. Skinner is arrested for stealing the mules to save them. Skinner races the mules against a dump truck to determine his sentence.
This is a real contest of man and his animals against machines.

RB215 Typhoid Fever at Storm Point

 Our RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, 10/17/24, is:

RB215 Typhoid Fever at Storm Point

Several cases of Typhoid Fever appear at the same time at Storm Point. Bill and a young doctor must try to control the outbreak and find the carrier of the fever. 

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ranger+bill+typhoid+fever+at+storm+point&mid=94E553489C09347E702C94E553489C09347E702C&FORM=VIRE

Sunday, October 13, 2024

RB143 Flying Wonders aka Richard and God

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/12/24, is:

RB143  "Flying Wonders" aka "Richard and God" .

Henry's cousin Richard comes to Knotty Pine to visit for the summer, and to take flying lessons with Henry and Mary Lu. Bill was their instructor. The flying lessons bring up questions in Richard's mind about God and His ability to be everywhere at once. Richard's boldness at the controls grows rapidly with each lesson. 
Bill is concerned about Richard's faith and his flying confidence.

Nature corner/Storybook Room - Dolphin

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Sat., Oct. 12, 2024:

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Dilly Dolphin. Dolphins have something in common with last week's guest Rusty Rattlesnake, and that is the ability to see in the dark with needing to use their eyes. While rattlesnakes sense heat with their pips to see in the dark, dolphins have very sensative SONAR when their eyes can't see. Catch all Dilly has to say today:

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RB034 Piggyback

  RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors, early Sat. morning, Oct. 12,2024:

 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL2qpm90sw

First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

RB142 Camera Crew in Knotty Pine aka Stumpy in the Movies

  Ranger Bill for Thursday, Oct. 10, 2023, is

RB142 Camera Crew in Knotty Pine

aka Stumpy in the Movies

 A film crew comes to Knotty Pine to shoot wildlife. Stumpy wants to be the star of the show. The director gets lost, has a bad fall, and gets amnesia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_sZQ5xZEw

RB017 Overflow

  RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 10/8/24, is a wet one:

RB017 Overflow

  Two days of hard rains plus heavy spring snow melt have combined to threaten Big Ridge Dam. The operators at the dam must open its floodgates soon or the dam will burst. Bill and his rangers have just 3 hours to warn all the farmers and ranchers in the valley below Big Ridge before the gates are opened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53UVrL_N9Vs

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

RB019 Sultan King of Beasts

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, is

RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts 

Sultan is a huge and powerful lion at Kittyland wild animal park. Sultan defies then scares his trainer Flick Martin. Can Bill help Flick find his courage to control Sultan? If not, Kittyland might close, and Sultan may be destroyed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5U_33vI47I

RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at the Flying Double Bar Ranch

  RANGER BILL for Monday afternoon, 10/7/24, is:

RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at the Flying Double Bar Ranch

Lester Winters inherited the family ranch when his dad died. The bank must take the ranch because of some unpaid loans. Les barricades himself in the house behind his rifle. The rangers find some of Les’ missing cattle, but they’re not enough to settle the estate’s debt. Then Bill hears a wild story about buried treasure on the Winters ranch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2qN0E86-Nwc

RB141 Setting Sail aka The Man at the Door

RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 10/5/24, 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=mdeFuTwTL74

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 10/5/24:

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Rusty Rattlesnake. Rusty comes from the state of Texas. Rusty has been designed very differently from most land aimals. Find out how God has made a rattlesnake's tounge and nose to aid it in hunting for food.

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Bob has talked with other snakes as well. Here are a few of those chats:

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RB033 Chinook

 Ranger Bill is hoping for winter weather for early Saturday morning, 10/5/24, 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!

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

Friday, October 4, 2024

RB014 DIsaster Alert aka Danger! Gasoline Leak

   RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, Oct. 4, 2024, is

RB014 Disaster Alert 

A leak from a gas station storage tank dumps 500 gallons of gasoline into the Knotty Pine Bank. Bill and his rangers are called upon to keep the bank and most of Knotty Pine from being blown right off the map. And to make matters worse, state examiners are threatening to close the bank permanently if it can’t be kept open for business during the crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edgqM9dXwgU

RB015 The Hunted

  RANGER BILL livens up our Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, with

RB015 The Hunted

                                        



While out on ski patrol, the rangers hear the cry of an unknown big cat. The cat turns out to be a jaguar. Our rangers have their work cut out for them when the cat threatens the cattle on nearby ranches of Blue Valley.


Go to our Facebook page to chat about this week's story.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

RB012 The Eviction of Pa and Ma Skunk

 Ranger Bill for Tuesday, 10/1/24, is:

RB012 The Eviction of Pa and Ma Skunk

 Texans Arnold Fleming and his family have just bought a house at Goose Lake. But there is a problem. Another family is already living in, or rather under, the Flemings’ house, a family of skunks. The Flemings don’t know what to do or who to ask for help. Luckily, neighbor Abner knows just what to do. He calls in Ranger Bill. But evicting these stinky pests may prove to be much harder than anyone could imagine.

OTRR #18

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

RB011 Death's Half Mile

  RB011 is our RANGER BILL story for this last Monday in September,9/30/2024,

"Death's Half Mile".

One stretch of road outside of Knotty Pine generates at least three accidents a week. It's called Death's Half Mile. This road has a very sharp corner followed by a narrow bridge followed by a nearly blind railroad crossing. Bruno Allen and his son live on a ranch near the roadway. They must be ready at a moment's notice, day and night, to call police and offer first aid to the injured.
Ranger Bill and his men intend to end the nightmare at Death's Half Mile!

Saturday, September 28, 2024

RB139 Dynamite and Music aka Stumpy's harmonica aka Horrible, Sweet Music

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Sept. 28, 2024, is 

RB139 Stumpy's Harmonica aka Horrible, Sweet Music aka Dynamite and Music

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEt-xSNmNg

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Honey Bee

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 9/28/24

Uncle Bob Devine's guest for this Saturday morning is Buzz Honey Bee. Buzz tells Bob about his eyes. His eyes can see light we can't see. He uses the sun to guide his travels and stores that sun data in his computer brain.

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Bob has chatted with other honey bees, and they al have fascinating information about themselves they share.

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RB032 The Floating Death Trap

  RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, Sept. 28, 2024 ,

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.
Andy says Bill is hurting him to help Gunderson. Andy asks several of Knotty Pine's influential citizens to pressure Bill to change his decision.
Will Andy do the right thing and fix his riverboat or will Bill give in to pressure and let Andy stay on the river? Will Andy continue to run his boat or will it break down and end the debate?

Friday, September 27, 2024

RB010 Hit and Run

  Our RANGER BILL tale for Friday afternoon, Sept. 27,  2024, is

RB010 Hit and Run

The entire town of Big Pine is shaken and angry when a leading citizen dies in an apparent hit and run accident. Two young hot rodders involved in the accident, Rube and Smitty, fear the town’s wrath. So they run and hide and hope they are never found. Bill and Stumpy investigate the accident and intend to find both the driver and the truth behind this tragedy.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-04-13_ep137_Hit_and_Run.mp3

OTRR #12

Thursday, September 26, 2024

RB009 Bim, the Dog

  Today's RANGER BILL for 9/26/24,

RB009 "Bim, the Dog".
A brave dog protects his family then saves lives as he serves his country during wartime.