Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Elephant Seal

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July 19, 2025

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from the largest seal in the world's oceans, Sebastian the Elephant Seal.

 Sebastian weighs 8,000 pounds and measures 20 feet long. He dives 400 feet deep to search for food. his wife is smaller, but is still 2000 pounds. Even his wife's pups are large - 100 pounds at birth. Learn more from  Bob and Sebastian.

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RB074 The Ranger Factory

 Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning,  July 19, 2025, is RB074

The Ranger Factory

Bill takes temporary command of the Ranger School while the headmaster is on vacation. Bill must deal with three new recruits who have fears to overcome. Will Bill be able to make rangers out of these men? Will Bill survive 30 days in the Ranger Factory?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-09-11_ep005_The_Ranger_Factory.mp3

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RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts

 RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, July 19, 2025, 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

RB005 Burning Sands

  Our RANGER BILL adventure for Thursday , July 17, 2025, is

RB005 "Burning Sands".

Elderly prospector Joshua Webb is told by his doctor to stay in Knotty Pine for his health. The old desert rat can no longer take the 120 degree heat and the burning sunshine. But the lure of gold fever takes him back into the desert anyway. Bill, Stumpy, Gray Wolf, and Ralph must brave the scortching heat to rescue Joshua before it's too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTbRDx6zqg

RB004 The Hermit

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday afternoon, July 16, 2025, is

RB004 "The Hermit".

Ralph, chief ranger of the southern district, stops to tell Bill that there is a hermit living in the old line shack. That hermit has a secret. He is a famous surgeon, Dr. William Warburton. He operated on a friend, but the friend died. His grief drove him to live like a hermit. A mountain climber needs brain surgery or he will die. Only Dr. Warburton can perform the delicate work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwFx1KYNe8s

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

  RANGER BILL for Tuesday,  7/15/25, is

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

George Bruce returns to Knotty Pine after spending time in reform school. The citizens of Knotty Pine refuse to accept him or give him a hand. Bill gets George a delivery job with Frenchy DeSalle’s logging operation where he loses the payroll money.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-03-28_ep131_Getting_Along_With_The_Wrong_Crowd.mp3

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RB018 Tony's Place aka Standing Firm for What Is Right

  Ranger Bill for Saturday afternoon, July 12,2025, is:

RB018 Tony's Place aka Standing Firm for What Is Right

Ed Blake’s gang asks Tony to sponsor them so they can buy baseball uniforms. They vandalize Tony’s Market when he doesn’t give them the cash right away. One boy in the gang, Mike, is willing to stand up to the gang and tell the truth. Then Tony’s store is damaged even worse than the first time. Tony asks Bill for help to stop the violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Iw4NBPKwo&t=3s

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Squid

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July 12, 2025 - 

Uncle Bob Devine chats with Sid Squid. Sid is one of 350 types of squid. He is a loligo squid, one of the most common species of squid. Sid travels by jet power.

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RB073 The End of the Rope

  Our  Ranger Bill adventure for late Saturday morning, 

July 12, 2025, is RB073

The End of the Rope

Two young boys, Bart Norton and Jeff Murdock, come to Knotty Pine for a vacation. The boys have strict orders to only do what Bill and Henry say is safe. The pair get bored and decide to climb a dangerous cliff. No good can come from this decision.

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RB017 Overflow

 RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 7/12/25, 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

RB001 Twenty Fathoms Under the Sea

 RANGER BILL ends the work week and begins a new cycle of his adventures on July 11, 2025:

RB001 Twenty Fathoms Under the Sea

Bill and the boys go deep sea fishing with old salvage man Ben Benson. Ben's son died in a diving accident during a salvage job, and Ben has never forgiven himself for it. An old navy sub gets stuck on the bottom not far from Ben's ship. Navy rescue ships can't arrive in time to save the crew. Ben can help but won't. Will 20 sailors die needlessly in 20 fathoms of the sea?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_54-05-26_ep200_Twenty_Fathoms_Under_The_Sea.mp3

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RB211/212 Muscle and Prayer , parts 1 &2

  Ranger Bill for Monday and Tuesday afternoons (7/7/25 and 7/8/25) is

RB211 Muscle and Prayer (part 1)

Frenchy DeSalle fears no one and nothing. But the huge, strapping French Canadian logging foreman, has gone out of his mind with fear. Frenchy and his loggers find a cougar and a bear, both crushed to death. Frenchy knows these are the calling cards of the one man he fears, "The Bear." Who is this Bear? Why does Frenchy fear this man so? And what has happened to Frenchy's faith? Frenchy's boss calls for the one man who may be able to help Frenchy - Chief Ranger Bill Jefferson.

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB211Muscle+and+Prayer+1.mp3

RB212 Muscle and Prayer (part 2)

Frenchy DeSalle and Boris the Bear want to fight to the bitter end, so Bill jails both of them until they cool off. Boris finally cools down and agrees to leave town, and Frenchy returns to work. But both men still harbor much pain and anger. Frenchy prays for an end to their feud while Boris depends on whiskey for strength. How will the Lord answer Frenchy’s prayer?

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB212-Muscle+and+Prayer+2.mp3

RB213/214 The Spirits and the Spirit (parts 1 and 2)

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday and Thursday, 7/9&10/2025, is

RB213/214  The Spirits and the Spirit, parts 1and 2

Bill and Stumpy and a map maker go on vacation in South America to visit an old abandoned Portuguese fort hidden deep in the jungle along the Amazon River. The local residents are afraid to go to the fort for fear of the spirits of the dead Portuguese soldiers there. Legend says the soldiers were killed by natives who were made slaves to dig gold for the soldiers. Now the spirits of the soldiers guard their ill-gotten gold.

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB213-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+1.mp3

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB214-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+2.mp3

RB072 The Clown of Blue Lake

  Our Ranger Bill adventures for late Saturday morning, 7/5/25.

are part of RB072

The Clown of Blue Lake

Ben Stout and Pop run High Ridge Lodge at Blue Lake. A mysterious creature is attacking tourists all around the lodge. Folks aren't safe in the water or on land. And they are beginning to believe that this is some sort of monster. Ben calls in Bill and Stumpy to get rid of this not-so-funny clown of Blue Lake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAu2-o-VlE

RB015 The Hunted

RANGER BILL livens up our early Saturday morning, July 5, 2025, 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.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JRLdxe1ha8

RB208 and 209 The (haunted) Church at Bent Creek

 We end our work week  with a 2-part RANGER BILL adventure:

RB208/209 The (Haunted) Church at Bent Creek parts 1 and 2

Much of Bent Creek is abandoned including the general store - and the church. The reason it's abandoned is because folks there believe that the Bent Creek Church is haunted. Weird things go on at night inside the church - lights go on and off, the bell rings by itself, strange noises come from the tower, and the organ plays all by itself. Young pastor Jeff and his wife Jean are even afraid to stay at the parsonage. Bill, Stumpy and Gray Wolf have no idea what to do about the strange things that go on at the church. How will the gospel ever be preached again in Bent Creek?

This is a 2-part Ranger Bill adventure. Don't miss a minute of the action and excitement!!!

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB208-The+Church+at+Bent+Creek+1.mp3

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB209-The+Church+at+Bent+Creek+2.mp3

RB207 The Town that Wouldn't Move

 We have another exciting RANGER BILL adventure for this Tuesday, July1, 2025:

RB207 The Town that Wouldn't Move

The small town of Big Rock must move to make way for the construction of a badly needed hydro-electric dam. Not one person in the town is willing to move. The townspeople prefer to fight rather than move. Bill is appointed to be the mediator in this dispute. Bill must decide whether Big Rock stays or goes. No matter who wins this fight, Bill loses.

https://archive.org/details/town-wouldnt-move