Cal State Northridge

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER PAROCHIAL LEAGUE BASEBALL The St. Francis Xavier parochial league baseball reunion will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19 in the lower social hall of the church, 3601 Scott Road, Burbank. The cost is $5 per person. For more information, call Sally Peterson at (818) 843-6263 or Doris Owings at (818) 767-4578. ? CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE Cal State Northridge alumni and friends will be gathering together to watch a Dodger game today at Dodger Stadium.

Jeff Tully Jillian Schafer has battled her share of tough competition this season as a senior pitcher for the Burbank High softball team. However, when the hard-throwing Bulldog takes the circle in her next game, she will be going against some of the best senior hitters around. At 4 p.m. Tuesday Schafer will be on the East team when it takes on the West squad in the 19th annual San Fernando Valley All-Star game at Cal State Northridge. Schafer is the only local player invited to play in the game.

Tim Willert HILLSIDE DISTRICT -- Nicholas Kostalas and six of his John Muir Middle School classmates take their algebra and geometry seriously. The seventh- and eighth-graders were named the most improved team at a Feb. 24 regional math competition at Cal State Northridge. After finishing seventh out of eight teams at last year's Mathcounts Competition, Muir improved to fourth among 11 public and private schools from throughout the San Fernando Valley.

Paul Clinton CIVIC CENTER -- The latest round of musical chairs in City Hall has brought Mike Flad back to Burbank as the director of the newly renamed Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. Flad, who left as a city employee in 1998, replaces Mary Alvord, who stepped into Steve Helvey's job as the assistant city manager. Helvey accepted a job as city manager of Whittier in February, triggering several personnel changes in city departments.

Mark R. Madler Like most of his nearly 100 classmates, Jerome Angeles had his own personal cheering section when he graduated Saturday morning from Bellarmine-Jefferson High School. His was just a little more, well, enthusiastic. Following the ceremony at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, a group of cousins held up letters spelling out Jerome's name so he could spot them easier among the several hundred people milling about, talking and taking pictures.

Attorney Stepan Baghdassarian was recently elected to the board of directors of the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies program as a member of the executive committee. Baghdassarian will be a representative of the Armenian Studies Program, spearhead board initiatives, coordinate programs at the university conferences, propose and execute plans and lectures, organize cultural and intellectual events for the community and direct fund-raising efforts.

A (pea)nutty exhibit at the L.A. Zoo GRIFFITH PARK -- A 53-foot custom-designed truck with a 32-foot peanut replica is at the Los Angeles Zoo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Sunday. It is part of the National Peanut Board's "National Peanut Tour," an interactive traveling exhibit. The exhibit, traveling around the country to 25 different events in 23 cities, features historical information about peanuts, fun facts and trivia, take-home recipes, as well as nutrition information.

Jackson Bell When Mary Alvord was named the first female city manager for Burbank nearly a year ago, she was a little surprised by the response. Despite her being known for breaking local barriers for women, Alvord said, people seemed to be more interested that her nearly 35-year career began as a part-time employee with the city's Park, Recreation and Community Services Department. She started as a junior recreation leader while studying psychology and elementary education at Cal State Northridge.