Today is Saturday, the 219th day of 2016, with 147 days left in the year.

Today is ...

Sandcastle Day. Go to the beach and build some structurally sound castles.

They just said that

"People would laugh at us, but that's what we did. That was our entertainment on weekends."

- Donna Cope, 90, on how she and her husband Onal Cope acquired antiques that now sit in the Castle Museum in Juliaetta that they helped establish.

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"I was shocked that it jumped that far. The river is a half mile wide down in there."

- Noel Hardin, chief of Asotin County Fire District No. 1, on the a fire burning near Granite Point that jumped the river, "Blaze vaults Snake River"

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"Every night, before we go to bed, we kiss and we say 'I love you,' And we never, ever forget to do that."

- Ida Pepe on her 75 years of marriage to Al Pepe, "Sealed with a kiss"

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"This may be my last record-breaking attempt. My reasons for breaking records are to promote my acts. With 57 records to put on my resume I don't think people will be significantly impressed with more. Also, I have spent a small fortune on frames for my world record certificates and as my fiancee politely points out, there will not be enough wall space to hang them all after we are married."

- Brad Byers, 57, of Moscow, on his attempt to break the world record for most weight pulled from a hook in the head, "With a steel hook"

Define this

PETRICHOR

Definition No. 1 - The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.

Definition No. 2 - A climate where it rains more than 5 inches in a year.

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Answers

OSSIFY - to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc..

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I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.

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