Fred Desposorio announced his candidacy Wednesday for the Senate District 16 seat. Desposorio will be running as a Democrat against incumbent Curtis Bramble for the second time after Bramble won the seat in 2004.

Fred Desposorio is a native of Peru and said one of his key issues in the race will be immigration reform. He said he is an advocate for immigrants, regardless of which country they have come from.

Desposorio said property tax reform, pro-life and environmental protection are also key concerns for him. If elected, he said he will strive to keep nuclear waste out of Utah.

STATEWIDE

• Park City Academy is hosting the second annual All Mountain Treasure Hunt at Park City Mountain Resort on Friday and Saturday.

The weekend kicks off with the hunt evening party on Friday at Park City Mountain Resort's Legacy Lodge and includes dinner, mini-auction, full bar and dancing to the Gamma Rays. The All Mountain Treasure Hunt takes place on Saturday, following lunch at the Legacy Lodge. Teams of two will be given a clue passport leading to nine different checkpoints on the mountain. Each team uses strategy to be the first to find the nine clues, punch the team's passport and then cross the finish line. The three fastest teams will receive prizes.

The hunt is a fundraising event for Park City Academy's Scholarship Program. For more information, visit www.parkcityhunt.com or call (435) 649-2791.

PROVO

Edgemont Elementary School sixth-grader Derek Hill was the national winner for his grade in the Achieve3000 Civil Rights Essay Contest held last month. Derek was awarded an MP3 player and a certificate for his winning paragraph. He competed with over 75 other 6th-grade students nationwide who entered the contest. Students wrote about how a civil rights leader has influenced their life. His parents are Claude and Irene Hill of Provo. His teacher is Tiffany Barth.

OREM

Beginning in fall of 2008, Meridian School will move to a new location -- 280 S. 400 East in Orem. The building is owned by the Christ Evangelical Church and is currently the temporary home of Liahona Academy.

Meridian is an independent preparatory school founded in 1989 by parents and currently enrolling 210 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

The school's new building is approximately 25,000 square feet with 23 classrooms, a large gymnasium and a kitchen. The property has a fenced-in playground and 160-space parking lot. It is across the street from Orem High School and within walking distance of Orem Library and SCERA Park.

Headmaster Dr. David Hennessey said the new building is a temporary location.

Meridian has been working for several years to construct a building of its own. The land for the site is located on 2000 North in Provo (2000 South in Orem) between I-15 and Geneva Road, and consists of 14 acres of unincorporated land. There are no utilities to the site, creating a roadblock for construction. Meridian continues to work through utility and annexation issues to eventually construct their own building.

Meridian has been in its current building on 900 East in Provo for 19 years. The property has changed hands several times and is now owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Meridian's lease ends on May 31 and the lease at the new location begins on July 1.

For more information, go to www.meridianschool.org.

SPANISH FORK

The Timpanogos Gem Mineral Society's Spring Parade of Gems is coming to the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. New for this year, the show will feature an extended touch-and-tell table of minerals, crystals and fossils, a new opal dealer, a blacklight display of phosphorescent minerals and gems that glow in the dark, and new artists demonstrating various gem-related crafts.

The gem and mineral show is free to the public and will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, 475 S. Main St. in Spanish Fork. The show is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Mr. Bones, a 9-feet-tall, 20-feet-long puppet dinosaur will be performing among the crowd Friday and Saturday, and visitors will be able to pan for gold for small fee.