The Cotillion Ballroom is a concert venue in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located between Maize Road and 119th Street West on the north side of Kellogg (U.S. 54) in west Wichita. The Cotillion is a special events facility that hosts concerts, roller derby, dances, comedians and stage shows featuring nationally known artists and performers.
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The 1950 U.S. Women's Open was the fifth U.S. Women's Open, held September 28 to October 1 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.
Babe Zaharias won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls, an amateur. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished in solo third. Zaharias entered the final round with a four stroke lead over Rawls. It was the seventh of ten major championships for Zaharias, and Rawls won the title the following year.
The formation of the LPGA was announced during this championship, which was not run by the United States Golf Association until 1953. The U.S. Women's Open returned to Wichita five years later in 1955 at Wichita Country Club.
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The James and Ella Truitt House, located at 305 N. Steuben Ave. in Chanute, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
It is a Queen Anne-style house which was built in 1887.
It was deemed significant "for its association with James Truitt, a locally significant nurseryman who operated Truitt & Sons Greenhouse and founded Chanute Nurseries. This Victorian-era Queen Anne residence also is nominated ... for its local significance in the area of architecture."
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The National Weather Service in Wichita, Kansas or simply known by storm reporters is a local weather forecast office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions and alerts for 26 counties in central, south-central, and southeastern Kansas, including the Wichita Metropolitan Area and Salina, Kansas.
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Westlink is a neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas, United States. A mixed commercial and residential area, it lies in the western part of the city.
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Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is a commercial airport 7 miles west of downtown Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is the largest and busiest airport in Kansas. Located south of US-54 in southwest Wichita, it covers 3,248 acres and contains three runways.
The airport is also referred to as Eisenhower National Airport or by its former name Mid-Continent Airport. The airport code, ICT, is also a nickname for the city. It was known as Wichita Mid-Continent Airport from 1973 until 2014, when it was renamed in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. His boyhood home, museum, and Presidential Library are at the Eisenhower Presidential Center in Abilene, Kansas. The name change was approved by the City of Wichita in May 2014, and made official by the Federal Aviation Administration on November 13, 2014. The airport's current passenger terminal opened on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
ICT Airport is the also site of the Cessna headquarters and main manufacturing plant, as well as a Bombardier service center for Learjet and other business jet aircraft.
This special events facility is available to rent for concerts, dances, banquets, corporate events, wedding receptions, trade shows and private parties.