RB070 Houseboat Charlie

 Our Ranger Bill story

for this Thursday evening, Oct. 23, 2025, 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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-06-19_ep001_Houseboat_Charlie.mp3

OTRR #57

RB068 Hot Fire

 In our Ranger Bill  for Oct. 21, 2025, the rangers must fight a massive, out of control fire

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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-05-22_ep193_Hot_Fire.mp3

OTRR #54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNg6XoYiPEw

RB067 The Book Farmer

 Our Ranger Bill story

for Monday,  Oct. 20, 2025, is RB067

The Book Farmer

Ag college grad Whitey Moore returns to the family farm after completing his college education. He wants to put what he has learned into practice on the farm, but dad doesn't want anything to do with his son’s new-found insight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rGZyTXDaU

RB049 Nature's Vacuum Cleaner

 Our exciting Ranger Bill adventure

for late Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2025, 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDe4fzJdq8 

RB088 Old Faithful

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2025, is RB088

Old Faithful

Stumpy’s horse, Matilda, breaks a leg while out on the trail. Bill doesn’t think they can get her to a vet safely. She saved Stumpy’s life; but Bill, Gray Wolf, and Stumpy may not be able to save hers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYT3OEvDSTw

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Ice Worm

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/18/25

Irma the Ice Worm pays a call on Uncle Bob Devine. Irma is a half-inch-long worm that lives inside the ice and snow on the Cascade Mountains and their glaciers. Irma can move around because the Cascade glaciers are not solid ice but rather ice, snow, and water. Irma swims in the waters. Listen to Irma describe herself and her life in the Cascades.

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Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Piddock Clam

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/11/25

Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner guest for today is Clancey the Piddock Clam. Clancy digs a cave for himself in solid rock to protect him from other animals that might eat him. Let Clancey tell you his story:

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RB065 The Cat in the Wall

  In our  Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 10/11/25, 

Stumpy has trouble with his neighbor and her cat named Blackie 

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.

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

RB087 The White Fields

 Our Ranger Bill story for early Saturday morning, Oct. 11,2025, is 

RB087 The White Fields

It is harvest time in the wheat fields around Central City. But a bad flu epidemic has kept many of the farmers out of the fields at this critical time. Ranger Bill sends 3 of his rangers to help with the harvest. One of those rangers considers a career change as he does the harvesting work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mnjz99gKw

RB064 Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

  Our story for Wednesday, 10/8/25, is a construction project gone wrong on Ranger Bill

 

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?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-03-06_ep190_Penny_Wise_and_Pound_Foolish.mp3

OTRR #40

RB063 The Big Headache

 Our Ranger Bill story

for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, is RB063
The Big Headache

Ranger Brad suffers from severe headaches. He won’t see a doctor, so Bill grounds him from flying. Brad wants to fly, headaches or no headaches. Another severe headache while in the air could cost him his job - or his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B2oam-7JRk

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Old Man's Beard Lichen

Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/4/25

Uncle bob Devine gets a visit from Harry the Old Man's Beard lichen. Lichen is a mixture of fungus and algae. You will find him on the Sitka spruce tree and large leaf maples in Olympic National Park in the state of Washington. He is one of more than 130 species of lichen.

Listen to Harry describe himself for you.

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RB045 The Road Ghost

  Late Saturday morning's very scary RANGER BILL for 10/4/25 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

RB086 Tiger Cat

 Our Ranger Bill adventure for early Saturday morning,

Oct. 4, 2025, is RB086 Tiger Cat

A big cat is seen in backyards around Knotty Pine. Residents panic as news gets around of the unwanted invader. Some say it is 10 or even 15 feet long! Neighbors are getting out their guns to go hunting for the big fella. Can Bill and his rangers corral this tiger cat before someone gets hurt or even killed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcYL5rAgEw

RB061 The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare

   Our Ranger Bill for Friday afternoon, Oct. 3, 2025, 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3_sPLFva2Y

RB060 Decision for Death

  Ranger Bill for Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, 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?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-02-05_ep186_Decision_For_Death.mp3

OTRR #45

RB059 The Man with the Limp

  Our Ranger Bill

for Wednesday evening, Oct. 10, 2025, 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6g7oAGs5s