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Monday will be Deedee Corradini Day in Salt Lake City.
At noon, as memorial services are beginning at Wasatch Presbyterian Church for Salt Lake City's first female mayor, the bells at Salt Lake City Hall will be rung eight times to signify her eight years in office (1992-2000).
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert also has ordered flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff that day in honor of Corradini, who died Sunday of lung cancer at her Park City home. She was 70.
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker's Corradini Day proclamation cites her role in the construction of light rail and a new stadium for the Salt Lake Bees, the development of Gateway shopping district, lobbying for the city's selection to stage the 2002 Winter Olympics and the inclusion of women ski jumpers on the Games' agenda.
City officials also issued a statement Friday honoring Ross Caputo, who spent 40 years manicuring Salt Lake City golf courses, most recently as superintendent at Rose Park. Caputo, 62, died unexpectedly Tuesday.
"Ross was one of those men you don't replace. You just attempt to move forward grieving the loss while recognizing that knowing him made you a better person," said city golf program director David Terry, calling Caputo "a great friend to golfers and co-workers alike."
He noted that Caputo was once one of Utah's best competitive baseball and softball players (he played for years for the Miller Toyota fastpitch team) and held a high-school football record for decades after kicking a 60-yard field goal in a 3-0 win for Judge Memorial over Hillcrest in 1970.