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A 26-year-old Diamond Bar resident was sworn in as the student member of the Mt. San Antonio College board of trustees for the 2010-11 academic year, the college announced this week.

Patrick Martinez was sworn in during Wednesday's board meeting.

Although the student trustee position is an advisory post, it is meant to bring the perspective of students to the board, according to a college statement.

The student trustee's vote "helps the board know how the student trustee stands on issues and strengthens the student role in the college's shared governance process," the statement said.

Martinez is majoring in international business and public policy and has a 3.7 grade-point average.

In 2004, at the age of 19, Martinez ran for the state's 60th Assembly District.

Last year, he was president of the Mt. SAC Associated Students. He is a member of Mt. SAC's Honor Program and its Forensics Team.

After he completes his studies at Mt. SAC, Martinez plans to transfer to USC to major in public policy, the statement said.

The Diamond Bar Center will be the site of the sixth annual "Mountie Carlo Night."

The fund-raising event will take place at the center at 1600 S. Grand Ave., Diamond Bar, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. March 26.

Tickets to the event, which is open to the public, are $45 each. Ticket prices includes dinner, dancing and chips for table games, which include blackjack, roulette, craps and others.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Mt. SAC Foundation's student scholarship program and special campus projects.

Funds raised will also assist the Mt. SAC Classified Senate development scholarships.

For tickets and information, call the Foundation at (909) 594-5611, ext. 5707.

WALNUT - The carved wood pieces of a Mt. San Antonio College art professor will be featured in an exhibit in the campus Art Gallery.

Carved wood panels by Professor Craig Deines make up the exhibit which runs from Thursday through April 8 at the gallery found on the campus, 1100 N. Grand Ave.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The exhibit, entitled "Craig Deines 2006-2009," consists of a series of carved wood panels dealing "with our identity, our cultural identity, and our potential," according to a statement from the college.

A special opening reception is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the gallery.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings.

Information: (909) 594-5611, ext. 4328.

Eight plays, directed and written by Mt. San Antonio College students will be performed this weekend on campus.

"Playing God," consists of eight one-act plays to be performed by the Mt. SAC Theater Program at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mt. SAC Studio Theater, 1100 N. Grand Ave., Walnut.

A special matinee performance is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday.

The plays include dramas and comedies.

Among the plays to be performed are "Playing God or Hardly Playing," "Help Wanted," Stuck with You," "Consequences," "Super Date," "1 + 1 = Too Weird," "One, Two...," and "Lunch," a college statement said.

Richard Strand, professor of theater, coordinates the production.

General admission tickets are $12. Tickets for seniors, students and children under 12 are $9.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.4tix.org. Information: box office, (909) 468-4050.

POMONA - The first L.A. County Half Marathon on Dec. 13 on a course winding through Pomona, La Verne and San Dimas may be the first step to an annual full marathon race in the area.

The 13-mile run will involve numerous local partners and is being organized by former Olympic pole vault champion and Pomona native Bob Seagren and his company, International City Racing. 

The announcement was made Monday (Nov. 16) afternoon at Fairplex, which will serve as the starting and ending point of the running event.