Long-lost doorknob returns…
Sen. Joe Stegner found a box on his desk today, and in it was one of the original missing antique heavy brass doorknobs from the state Capitol, with the state seal and the saying "Esto Perpetua" deeply engraved into its surface, along with a note. Stegner has been leading lots of tours of the renovated state Capitol, and he often mentions that many of the original doorknobs have disappeared for souvenirs - possibly for former legislators - over the past 90 years. The note said a tour participant knew someone who had one, and talked that person into returning it to the state. "I intend to get it on a door," Stegner said.