Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Arteriole Blood Vessels

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 1/31/26

Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner guest for today is very important for the good health of each one of us. His name is Art Arteriole. Art and the many other arterioles in your body help to safely control the blood pressure in your body. Let's let Art explain how and why arterioles work inside of each of us.

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Then listen to King Solomon talk to his son Rehoboam once more this month about Wisdom from his book Proverbs.

RB219 Skinner Raises a Storm

 RANGER BILL for

early Saturday morning, Jan. 31, 2026, is

RB219 "Skinner Raises a Storm"

Skinner McNeil loves his mules. They have worked hard and faithfully pulling Skinner's two wagons for 12 years. Skinner and his mules work for the Mountain Refining Co. MRC makes glass. Skinner hauls, or rather hauled, sand from the mines to the glass works.

Hal the owner wants to sell mules to the butcher. Skinner is arrested for stealing the mules to save them. Skinner races the mules against a dump truck to determine his sentence.

This is a real contest of man and his animals against machines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBjp-xcC234

These Ranger Bill episodes with numbers above RB200 don't get aired as often as ones with lower numbers. So be sure to catch this story of Skinner and his mules!

RB145 Mind Over Matter aka Crazy Man Comes Back

 RANGER BILL for a Friday afternoon, 1/30/26, is:

RB145 Mind Over Matter aka Crazy Man Comes Back

Former ranger George Foster returns to restart his life in Knotty Pine after seven years in a mental hospital. Sylvester, "Syl", and his gang of toughs do their best to make life unbearable for George and his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdnw1POdz6w

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Free-Tailed Bat

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 1/24/26

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Matt the Free-tailed Bat to Nature Corner today. Matt is one of the few bats that have tails. And he puts that tail to good use, it helps him to steer and to fly straight and fast. His speed makes it easier for him to catch flying insects. 

Let's let Matt tell you more about free-tailed bats:

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Nature Corner/Storybook Room - human cell DNA

 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.

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Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Black Skimmer Bird

 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.

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RB070 Houseboat Charlie

 Our Ranger Bill story

for early Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2026, 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

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

RB124 Soup Truck

 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

RB123 River of Fire

 Ranger Bill for Monday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2026, is:

RB123 - River of Fire 

Officers O'Roark and Ryan are walking the night beat along the docks on the Shady River. The smell of fuel oil stops them in their tracks. The pipeline over the Shady has sprung a huge leak! The river is covered with a solid layer of the fuel oil. The slightest spark could set the river on fire or even cause an explosion. Things go from bad to worse when a bad lightning storm strikes. Bill, the safety forces, and the pipeline company may not be able to handle this disaster.

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

RB098 The Runaway Railroad

 Our 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDTneOaA98

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Puffer Fish

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. 

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Tim talks with and learns from Self Control. Find out why it is a fruit of the Spirit.

RB122 A Prisoner on Ice Island

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK4Dbc0tED8

RB121 The Locked Bag

  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!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05G3r1EdrF4

Joyous and Blessed New Year!

 May God, in this new year, bless you with His goodness, love and mercy, and may He prosper you in your faith and life!!!

RB120 The Self-Made Man

 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Fy09DlkDY

RB119 Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

 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!!!

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep051_Mrs_Murphys_Chowder.mp3

OTRR #161

RB118 The One-Wire Fence

  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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86qwNKAIwHs