RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 7/31/24, is
Ranger Headquarters
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Big Pine National Forest, Knotty Pine
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
RB179 VIPs Visit Knotty Pine aka The Disappearing Buffalo Herd
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Great Pyrenees Dog
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July 27,2024
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Patrick the Great Pyrenees Dog. Patrick is a sheep dog looks much like a St. Bernard dog. Patrick shares lots of fascinating facts about his job as sheep dog.
Tim talks with his conscience about why he and we should memorize and think about our Bible memory verses.
RB228 Old Three Toes (a Cougar)
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning July 27, 2024, is
RB017 Overflow
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 7/27/24, 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://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-09-21_ep144_Overflow.mp3
OTRR #36
Friday, July 26, 2024
RB176 Mike's Horse aka The Horse Test
RANGER BILL for a Friday afternoon, 7/26/24, is :
RB176 Mike's Horse aka The Horse Test
Mike Baker is a boy in Henry’s club. He has just become a Christian. He loves horses and rides
Thursday, July 25, 2024
RB175 Water Tank Rescue
RANGER BILL for this Thursday, July 25, 2024, with
RB175 Water Tank Rescue
Knotty Pine’s new water tower has just been built and is ready fill with fresh water for all the thirsty townsfolk of Knotty Pine. But Henry and his buddy Alec want a closer look at this new behemoth before it begins its work. Out of curiosity, the boys decide to climb to the top of the tower. Then curiosity gets them into some real trouble, and they don’t know how to get out! This little escapade turns into a matter of life and death!
This story is also known as "Smart Alec's Water Tank Inspection".Wednesday, July 24, 2024
RB173 Marty Patton's Piano
RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 7/23/24, is a fun and funny story:
RB173 Marty Patton's Piano
Stumpy recalls his younger days when he was studying to become a ranger. The Patton’s were his upstairs neighbors in the boarding house where he was living. The peace and quiet Stumpy needed to study was broken when Marty Patton began taking piano lessons and was practicing EVERY day. See how Stumpy managed to survive this terrible ordeal.
RB 174 Henry's Crisis of Faith/Prove God Exists
RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 7/24/2024, is:
Saturday, July 20, 2024
My Sincere Thanks for your Interest
My Sincere Thanks for your Interest
Many thanks to all of you for your continued interst, support, and great comments. I especially want to thank Annette, Kaylee, Jim, Joyce, Jenny, Tim, Joel, Caitlin, Joseph, and Mike for all your comments. And please forgive me if I have overlooked anyone.
I thank God for all of you. You bless this group and me with all your positive comments, etc.
Harbour Light update 7/20/24
Harbour Light update 7/20/24
As of this Saturday, 7/20/24, Harbour Light Radio is still not back online and, I assume, that neither their AM nor FM transmitters are still not back on the air as well.
Please continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they work to repair and replace the Hurricane Beryl damage and raise their AM antenna again.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room #2 - Oscar Owl's neck
Nature Corner/Storybook Room #2 for July 20, 2024:
Uncle Bob Devine gets a second visit today, this time from Oscar Owl. Oscar tells Bob about the high-tech design of his head and neck that allow him to turn his head so he can look all around without moving his body. Oscar's eyes are special as well.
Then Tim gets to talk to Nehemiah, a Jewish slave, who prayed to rebuild the city of Jerusalem. He wrote the Book of Nehemiah describing his prayer and more. The book is only 13 chapters long. Read it along with Tim.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Skink
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July 20, 2024:
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Sally Skink. God has given skinks some interesting traits including their tails. Listen as Sally describes God's blessings to her. Then Tim does something bad and must deal with a guilty conscience.
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Just for fun. How many words can you come up with that rhyme with SKINK?
RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at Flying Double Bar Ranch
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 7/20/24, is:
Follow the links to Ranger Bill on Facebook
RB169 Ranger Bill Times Two aka A Case of Mistaken Identity
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 7/20/24, is one of the wilder tales among his stories,
RB169 "Ranger Bill Times Two" aka "A Case of Mistaken Identity".
Thursday, July 18, 2024
RB170 White Buffalo
Our RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 7/17/24, deals with a man who has lost his faith:
RB170 The White Buffalo
Lloyd Adams is building tourist cabins outside of town near a rare herd of buffalo. The lead buffalo is an even rarer white buffalo! Lloyd used to be interested in God and church but now is only interested in money. The buffalo could mean even more profit for Lloyd. Can Bill and Stumpy find a way to rekindle Lloyd’s faith?
RB171 Legal Rights
RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, 7/18/24, is:
RB171 Legal Rights aka The Shooting of Mr. Prince
Ken has a real problem. Neighbor Conrad just shot his daughter’s dog, Mr. Prince. Conrad fears and hates dogs after some attacked his horses. Prince is barely alive. Both Ken and daughter Julie are bitter. Is there anything Bill can do to mend fences between these angry neighbors?
Saturday, July 13, 2024
RB172 Ashby's Folly
RANGER BILL has a slippery problem for late Saturday morning, 7/13/24:
Ashby's Folly RB172
Stumpy runs into old friend Miles Ashby at the bank. Miles was just turned down for a loan. He needs the money so he can keep drilling for oil on his property. He thinks there is oil on his land even though no one has found oil anywhere else in the area. Folks call Miles' well "Ashby's Folly." Tully Philmore offers to buy Miles’ land and his oil drilling supplies. Stumpy wants desperately to help Miles but how?
Nature Corner extra - Snipe
Nature Corner extra - Snipe (no fooling!!!)
I just ran into this! Uncle Bob talks to Sherlock Snipe (a real bird!!!)
RB015 The Hunted
RANGER BILL livens up our sleepy Saturday morning, July 13, 2024, with
RB015 The Hunted
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Nature Corner/Storybook Room
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July13, 2024:
Uncle Bob Devine has a double treat for us today. Bob gets visits from Christopher Cholesterol and also from Anitia the Leaf Cutter Ant.
Friday, July 12, 2024
RB166 - The New Recruit aka The Fully Prepared Ranger
Our RANGER BILL to end the work week this Friday, 7/12/24, appears to immediately follow yesterday's show:
RB166 The New Recruit aka The Fully Prepared Ranger
Ralph leaves Knotty Pine for a well-deserved promotion. His replacement, Floyd, is very careful but probably about the wrong things. He tries to be prepared for anything - except death.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Harbour Light Update
NOTICE: The Harbour Light's generator building was badly damaged and the AM tower fell down in the passing of Hurricane Beryl. The AM transmitter building lost it's roof and the AM transmitter got wet. Other minor facility damage was sustained. We hope to have the FM and streaming back in the next week or two, Lord willing.
RB167 Next in Line
RANGER BILL for Thursday, 7/11/24, is:
RB167 – Next in Line
– Ralph is hurt and angry when he is passed over for promotion. The rest of Bill’s rangers don’t like the situation either. To top things off, the newly promoted boss ranger, Gill Zodkin, is sent to Knotty Pine for training. Will Ralph quit? Will the new boss ranger survive?
Note: This show was produced in 1955 and is either a first or second season show. Listen to the differences in both Stumpy's and Gray Wolf's voices in this show compared to the last few week's shows which were made 5 or 6 years after this one. Both Stumpy and Gray Wolf speak slower and have raspier voices here compared to those later episodes.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
RB165 Full Sails aka The Sail Sled
RANGER BILL for this Wednesday afternoon, 7/10/24, is an exciting tale with a good gospel message:
RB165 The Sail Sled aka Full Sails
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold
Our RANGER BILL adventure for Tuesday, 7/9/24, is quite a story indeed!:
RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold
Freddy Burns tries to get a job as a cub reporter at the Knotty Pine Sun. His family needs the extra income to survive. The secretary sends Freddy out to find and write a story to show his talent. Bill and Stumpy send Freddy to meet Old Ben, an old prospector who never found any gold.
The last line of today's show is quite a nifty joke: "Freddy Burns from the Sun"!!!
OTRR #119
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Nature Corner/Storybook Room
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for July 6, 2024:
Uncle Bob welcomes Clyde the Rain Cloud. learn how a rain cloud is formed, how it moves across the face of the earth, and then how it rains. Wind plays an important part in the life of a rain cloud, so it seemed good to include Mr. Wind in today's episode.
RB014 Disaster Alert aka Danger! Gasoline Leak
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, July 6, 2024, is
RB014 Disaster Alert
A leak from a gas station storage tank dumps 500 gallons of gasoline into the Knotty Pine Bank. Bill and his rangers are called upon to keep the bank and most of Knotty Pine from being blown right off the map. And to make matters worse, state examiners are threatening to close the bank permanently if it can’t be kept open for business during the crisis.
Harbour Light Temporarily Shut Down by Beryl
Please pray for Harbour Light Radio. Harbour Light is currently off the air after Beryl moved through Grenada on Monday, July 1st. Most of the homes on Carriacou were damaged or destroyed. Rebuilding will take many, many months.
Friday, July 5, 2024
RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy
RANGER BILL for this 5th of July, 2024, is
RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy
Little Norman Clark doesn’t want to listen to his mother. She is trying get
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-eC_ZXQCE
Thursday, July 4, 2024
RB161 A Little Spark
RB161 "A Little Spark" is our RB adventure for this Independence Day, July 4th, 2024.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
RB159 Gray Wolf and the Tamed Cougar
There are lots of chuckles in RANGER BILL adventure for Tuesday, 7/2/24:
RB159 Gray Wolf and the Tamed Cougar aka One-Man Mountain Lion
A young cougar wanders into the Knotty Pine Supermarket and chases out all the customers. The boys are called in to remove this “vicious” beast from the store. Bill soon realizes this is a tame cougar. The cougar quickly becomes attached to Gray Wolf. Laugh along with the fellas as Gray Wolf tries to deal with the affectionate cat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5oxqTiJrQ
RB160 The Foreman's Accident aka Trouble in Tunnel 13
The afternnon RANGER BILL adventure for
July 3, 2024 is
The Foreman's Accident aka Trouble in Tunnel 13
Randy Williamson has just been made foreman over the work in tunnel 13 at Knotty Pine Mines. Sandy soil in tunnel 13 makes the digging slow and dangerous. Randy must also deal with two difficult miners who don’t like his Christian faith. Could anything else go wrong in tunnel 13?
RB117 The Measure of a Man
RANGER BILL for Monday, July 1, 2024, is RB117:
The Measure of a Man
Tough guy Muscles and his two friends terrorize Knotty Pine and beat up Henry and the school principal. Judge White sentences the three troublemakers to some hard time - on the trail with Bill and the rangers to experience what real tough men are like. Bill lets the boys "escape" into the mountains to learn that they aren't so tough roughing it in the wilderness.
OTRR #159