RB046 The Handcar Race

  Our Ranger Bill to begin the work week, July13, 2026, 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPx0TiXNa4M

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Aye-Aye

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning, July 11, 2026

Eileen the aye-aye gets her turn to chat about herself  with Uncle Bob Devine.

Eileen comes from Madagascar, the 4th largest island in the world. Madagascar lies several hundred miles off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indiand ocean. 

Aye-ayes are members of the lemur family. Lemurs are primates like monkeys and apes. Aye-ayes and other lemus only live in the wild on Madagascar

Aye-ayes and the other lemurs are becoming more and more endangered by the destruction of the forest habitats and by global warming.

Now let's let Eileen chat with Bob:

https://moodyaudio.com/products/eileen-aye-aye-mammal

RB127 The Adventure of the Tarnished Gold

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 7/11/26, 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.

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

RB126 The Gospel Goes to Reform School

 RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, July 11, 2026, is:

RB0126 The Gospel Goes to Reform School

Warden Dawson rules the reform school with an iron hand. Bill wants to come in and offer the boys education, sports, and Bible study. The warden finally lets Bill come. Then a riot breaks out at the school. Will Bill or the warden be able to bring peace to the school?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxaEnr8vg-U

RB044 The Old Diehard

  Our  RANGER BILL story for Thursday, 7/9/2026 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