Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 1/17/26
This Saturday Uncle Bob Devine gets a visitor that he cannot see without the help of a very, very powerful microscope. That visitor is Diana DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) . DNA determines your height, bone size, hair color, eye color, and so much more. Let's let Daina tell us all about herself.
Our Ranger Bill adventure for late Saturday morning,
Our Ranger Bill adventure for early Saturday morning,
Jan. 17, 2026, is RB073
Ranger Bill for
Firday, Jan. 16, 2026, is
RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, 1/15/26, 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.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep064_Avalanche.mp3
OTRR #173
Our Monday RANGER BILL for Jan. 12, 2026, is one long search for a heartless poacher:
RB129 The Secret of Seal Island
Bill and his rangers have a poacher in the national forest. This man has been able to hunt illegally at will and still avoid even being seen. Gray Wolf names this man lupe garu, Wolverine (the glutton). Wolverine disappears then shows up in Alaska poaching fur seals. Washington asks Bill and Gray Wolf to travel to the Arctic Circle to find and capture this criminal. Can the fellas even locate Wolverine in the Arctic, let alone capture him?
OTRR#170
Our RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 1/14/26, is:
RB131 One Mile Down
Bill and Gray Wolf try to find Lt. Garnet Greentree, missing for 40 years in the Andes Mountains in Peru. The only clue to the missing man's whereabouts is a gold medallion that Bill was given while working for the Peruvian government, stamped with the letters "GG". Bill and Gray Wolf passed the medallion on to the Greentree family who desperately hope to find Garnet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWR0oRUkPUM
This is one of those stories that could have had a second episode. Garnet, now 76 years old, leaves Peru and reunites with his family. He could share his story of faith lost then found. He might then return to Peru to his faithful servant and friend Sacre-topel (unsure how to spell this) and the Aztec tribes to witness Christ to them.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 1/10/26
A bird who loves fishing is Uncle Bob Devine's guest today. That guest is Sheldon the Black Skimmer Bird. Sheldon lives along the coastal waters of North and South America. Learn how Sheldon's colors and his unique bill make him a good fishing bird.
Our Ranger Bill mystery for late Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2026, is RB100:
Our Ranger Bill story
RANGER BILL for Thursday, 1/8/26, is an adventure in greed:
RB127 The Adventure of the Tarnished Gold
Ben Barkley is a mining engineer. He has been digging on an old gold mine that ran dry years ago. Ben says he has found a new vein of gold using modern mine engineering techniques. But Gray Wolf and Henry think something is funny about Mr. Barkley's find. They suspect that Ben Barkley is trying to swindle folks with a phony strike. Bill is gone and Gray Wolf and Henry must step in and learn the truth about the Barkley mine.
Our RANGER BILL tale for this Tuesday, 1/6/26, is filled with great danger and even greater bravery:
RB124 Soup Truck
A truck carrying nitroglycerin blows up just outside the town of Landslide. The mayor closes Landslide to all dangerous truck traffic. Closing Landslide will put the explosives company out of business and hurt many other businesses. Bill must find a way to prove to the mayor that even nitro can be taken safely through Landslide.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep056_Soup_Truck.mp3
OTRR #165
Ranger Bill for Monday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2026, is:
RB123 - River of FireOur RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 1/3/26, is:
RB098 The Runaway Railroad
Henry hears stories of an antique steam train abandoned way up in the Shady Mountains. The engine belonged to the Three Rs - the Rimrock, Rawhide, and Ragweed railroad. Henry goes hiking in search of the valuable old train. Henry's tough walk is rewarded when he discovers an old engine in a shed. Two men find the train first and are determined to take the engine and sell it to a collector. They tie up Henry and fire up the train to steal it.
Will Bill discover the thieves, stop them, AND rescue Henry?
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 1/3/26
Uncle Bob Devine greets Penny the Puffer Fish to Nature Corner. Penny lives in the Red Sea. She can inflate her stomach with air or water to protect herself from danger.
https://moodyaudio.com/products/penny-puffer-fish-0
Tim talks with and learns from Self Control. Find out why it is a fruit of the Spirit.
Our Ranger Bill adventure
RANGER BILL for Friday 1/2/26 is RB122
A Prisoner on Ice Island
Knotty Pine's city council wastes time debating how to pay for a fence that is critically needed to keep kids off the ice flows on the Shady River. Two boys do get stuck on an ice flow, and that flow is heading for a drop into a deep gorge! Bill must find some way to safely reach and rescue the boys!
RANGER BILL to begin the new year, 1/1/26, is one scary adventure:
RB121 The Locked Bag
Miles runs the snake farm. He milks poisonous snakes for their venom. Miles shows up at ranger headquarters as white as a sheet. Somehow Miles lost a locked bag containing a deadly king cobra. The bag could be broken into, and the snake could then get out. Bill, Miles and the boys must find the bag and the snake before someone gets hurt or killed!!!
May God, in this new year, bless you with His goodness, love and mercy, and may He prosper you in your faith and life!!!
RANGER BILL for Wednesday evening and to close out the year, Dec. 31, 2025. is:
RB120 The Self-Made Man
Dutch Vanderhaven lost his son in the war and is very bitter over his loss. He doesn't want any one's help, and he won't help anyone, not orphans, not even the church. Then Dutch is gored by a huge bull. Now Dutch is the one who needs help, but his neighbors won't give him any. Can Bill and Stumpy find a way to get the work done at Dutch's ranch and change a town full of stubbornness?
Tuesday's RANGER BILL for 12/30/25, is:
RB119 Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
Bill and the boys and Maggie Murphy take 50 boys from their church to camp for three weeks. Henry has some problems as lifeguard during swim times. Stumpy and Gray Wolf lead a snipe hunt. Bill deals with one boy's home sickness. But Maggie must deal with a filthy kitchen, feeding 50 hungry boys, and then a food thief. She threatens to leave if the thief isn't caught. Bill must find the guilty boy or lose the best cook west of the Mississippi! Find out what happens to Mrs. Murphy's famous chowder too!!!
OTRR #161
RANGER BILL for a Monday afternoon, 12/29/25, is RB118
The One-Wire Fence
Jeremiah Sykes is a rancher and preacher on Elk Mesa. Young Herb Bradshaw, son of powerful rancher Thunder Bradshaw, is starting up his own ranch using electric fences. Jeremiah is misusing the Bible to oppose electric fences. Thunder and Jeremiah may go to war over Herb and his ranch. Bill and our rangers must be strong and on constant alert to deal with this range war!
