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Friday, September 30, 2022

RB027 - Bobsled

 Our exciting RANGER BILL adventure for Friday, Sept. 30, 2022: 

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.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

RB026 Henry's Miracle

  RANGER BILL for Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, is

RB026 Henry's Miracle

This is the story of Henry at the age of ten when his world fell apart. First, he is crippled in a fall. Then his mother develops cancer and dies. Then to add insult to injury, his dad becomes gravely ill and may die, which would leave young Henry all alone in the world.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

RB025 Timid Timothy

   RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, is

RB025 Timid Tomothy 

Tim Sullivan has a long history of getting into bad business deals. When his uncle offers him a good job as logging manager, he is afraid to fail once more. Tim’s dad, Officer Mike Sullivan, asks Bill to step in and try to make Tim into a successful businessman. Bill enlists several of his rangers to help Tim. Even Frenchy DeSalle and his lumberjacks get in the act.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

RB024 Ice Pack

 RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 9/27/22, is 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.


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

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Nature Corner - Ester Eustachian Tube

 Uncle Bob's Nature Corner for 9/24/22 visits with Ester Eustachion Tube:

Esther the Eustachion Tube | moodyaudio.com

RB128 Danger! Deer Crossing

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 9/24/22, is:

Danger! Deer Crossing - RB128

Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf are part of a huge team of soldiers, law enforcement officers and rangers. Their job - keep anything, man or animal, out of the blast zone of an atomic bomb test. Despite their best efforts, a family of deer (and two spies) manage to slip into the test. The deer are exposed to the blast and must be found! But will they and those spies be able to elude capture? Gray Wolf may hold the key to a safe and successful end to this test.

RB022 Glacier Cave-In

 Our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, Sept. 24,2022, 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.

Chat about the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

Thursday, September 22, 2022

RB020 If the Lord Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us

 RANGER BILL for Thursday, the 22nd of September, is

"If the Lord Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us".

Young Army serviceman Ted Sloan stops by ranger headquarters to visit with Bill and Henry. Ted is having a hard time dealing with the persecution he gets for being a Christian.
Bill tells how he was also persecuted as a Navy medic serving with the Marines. The Marine sergeant made life plenty tough for Bill. God made opportunity for Bill to serve and witness even then.

Chat about the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at the Flying Double Bar Ranch

 RANGER BILL for Monday, 9/19/22, 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.

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RB017 Overflow

RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 9/20/22, is

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.

Chat about  the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Sept. 21,2022, 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!


Saturday, September 17, 2022

RB126 The Gospel Goes to Reform School

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday, 9/17/22/, 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?

RB015 The Hunted

           RANGER BILL opens early Saturday morning, Sept. 17,2022, 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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Uncle Bob's Nature Corner - Tom Takhai

 Bob Devine welcomes New Zeeland's Tom Takhai today 917/22:

Tom Takhai | moodyaudio.com

Thursday, September 15, 2022

RB013 The Man Who Couldn't Remember

   Our RANGER BILL mystery for Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022,

RB013 The Man Who Couldn't Remember  

A dazed and confused man stumbles into a hobo jungle. The hobos fear the man is wanted by the law so they dump him on a freight train. The rangers find the man outside of Knotty Pine in an abandoned shack singing hymns. The man appears to have amnesia and might be a minister. Bill, Stumpy and Gray Wolf begin a fast-paced search for the man’s identity.


Chat about  the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

RB011 Death's Half Mile

  RB011 is our RANGER BILL story for Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022,

"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!

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

RB012 The Eviction of Pa and Ma Skunk

  Ranger Bill for a Wednesday afternoon 9/14/22 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.


Bob Devine's Nature Corner - Holly the Harvester Ant

 Uncle Bob's Nature Corner welcomes Holly the Harvester Ant to chat with Bob:

Holly the Harvester Ant | moodyaudio.com

Sunday, September 11, 2022

RB125 Lover Boy

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning 9/10/22 is

RB125 Lover Boy

Henry gets a big crush on the new lady doctor in Knotty Pine. Henry's girlfriend Mary Lu is angry with Henry and the doctor. To make matters worse, the rangers, especially Stumpy, don't want a lady doctor in Knotty Pine. Doctor Madge needs all the help she can get from Ranger Bill to stay in Knotty Pine.

RB124 Soup Truck

 RANGER BILL begins another exciting weekend of stories for Sat., 9/10/22, with:

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. 

RB009 Bim, the Dog

 I must thank my wife who helped me with today's RANGER BILL for 9/10/22,

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

 

Thursday, September 8, 2022

RB007 Miracles

 RANGER BILL for Thursday, Sept. 7, 2022, is

RB007 Miracles

Henry and Freddy go on a hike. Freddy is not a Christian. Freddy wrestles with faith and miracles. The boys need a miracle when Freddy falls into Half-Mile Gulley and breaks his leg. Flood waters from a broken dam threaten to drown both boys. It will take a miracle to save them. 

Monday, September 5, 2022

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

 RANGER BILL for Monday, Labor Day, 9/5/22, 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.

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Nature Corner - Rudy Resurrection Plant

 Uncle Bob's guest onNature Corner for 9/3/22 is:

Rudy Resurrection Plant

Rudy Resurrection Plant | moodyaudio.com

RB121 The Locked Bag

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 9/3/22, 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!!!

RB004 The Hermit

  RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning Sept. 3, 2022 is

RB004 "The Hermit".
Ralph, chief ranger of the souther 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.

Chat about  the adventures of Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf on our Facebook page (click on the link in the right column). Email me if you are looking for CDs. or mp3 files.

Friday, September 2, 2022

RB002 A Boy and a Bomb

 RANGER BILL for Friday, 9/2/22, is

RB002 A Boy and a Bomb

 Bill gets secret orders to escort bomb expert Hal Dever to the Army proving grounds to test a bomb timing device. Hal is also a single father who pays little attention to his lonely son Jim. The boy takes Hal’s timer and manages to start it ticking.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

RB001 Twenty Fathoms Under the Sea

 RANGER BILL for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, is:

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?