Oksol Cousin Reunion
Sept. 2-4, 2025
Best Western—Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center
Rapid City SD
September 2, 2025
3:00 p.m. Pre-social for early arrivals.
- Minerva Restaurant and Bar.
- Jan will buy drinks for the first two to arrive.
- Bruce will buy drinks for the next four to arrive.
5:00 pm. Social. Minerva Restaurant and Bar.
- Charlotte: announcements
- Jan: special announcements
- Bruce: Nordic Summer recipe
7:00 p.m. Early dinner for early arrivals.
- Texas Roadhouse: 2106 North Maple Avenue, Rapid City.
9:00 p.m. Late dinner for late arrivals; dessert for early arrivals.
- Nordic Summer recipe to be provided just in case folks have forgotten that recipe.
- Group vote where to adjourn, suggestions:
- Local Tally's Silver Spoon
- Murphy's Pub and Grill
- Firehouse Brewing Company
Midnight: group vote
- continue the conversation
- adjourn until 6:00 a.m. for first coffee
Wednesday, September 3:
Events in the “Badlands” Meeting Room, Ramkota.
6:00 a.m. hotel cafe; first coffee
7:00 a.m. hotel cafe; second coffee
8:00 a.m. hotel cafe: third coffee
9:00 a.m. Jan arrives.
10:00 a.m: Formal reunion begins
- traditional breakfast prayer (led by Charlotte); link here.
- first breakfast commences
- announcements and toasts:
- Charlotte: announcements
- Jan: special announcements
- toasts to those who could not make it to the 71st annual reunion, or the other 69 reunions
- those wishing to discuss politics will move to the Country Inn and Suites by Radisson up the road; transportation will not be provided. You will be on your own figuratively and literally.
- those wishing to listen to music other than country / western music will also move up the road.
10:30 to 10:45 a.m:
- second breakfast for some
- short break for others
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon:
- family updates
- starting with host (Charlotte) and then continuing in reverse order by seniority
- that would be:
- the youngest child of the youngest child of Paul and Christine
- Jan: will limit her remarks to five minutes
- Kathy: will limit her remarks
- then Myrtle's children...
- then Clara's children ...
- then Oscar's children ...
- then Edward's ....
1200 - 1400 (we now switch to military time): lunch.
1400 - 1500: Milestones
- where were the five Oksol siblings during WWII?
- after graduating from Newell High School, where did each of the grandchildren go?
- who of the five was the first to get married?
- Paul and Christine's first grandchild?
1500 - 1600: Trivia Game.
1600 - 1700: breakout session
- preparing for financial retirement (due to anticipated overwhelming demand for this breakout, attendance will be limited to only those who have not yet be retired) -- this is the only breakout with a fee to attend: $25: Richard
- preparing for living on the lake: co-hosts -- Jan and Yvonne
- preparing for living in the heat: co-hosts -- James (Chandler, AZ) and Kathy (Tucson)
- preparing for living in places colder than Siberia: Karla
- preparing for living in Oakland, California: Beverly
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / RV living: Charlotte
- modern art, updates: Connie
- living with twins: Paula
- growing up with Oscar, or "Welcome To My Neighborhood": Carol
- how to transition from the plains of South Dakota to the mountains of North Carolina: John
- living with Carl: Bruce
- how to enjoy your grandchildren during the terrible twos: Kathy
1730: Dinner, Minerva's Party Room. Emphasis on "Party."
Thursday, September 4
Check-out and Farewell
6:00 a.m. hotel cafe; first coffee
7:00 a.m. hotel cafe; second coffee
8:00 a.m. hotel cafe: third coffee
9:00 a.m. Jan arrives.
10:00 a.m. Breakfast.
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