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GENDER SWING: As the owner of a Burbank employment firm, Linda Morse feels at home in the office. Now she’s learning how to be at home on the range. Driving range, that is (D1). . . . A growing number of Valley female executives such as Morse, above, are joining the Executive Women’s Golf League. The group introduces high-powered women to the networking benefits of golf.

NO SHOW: How would you like to earn your business degree at Cal State Northridge without ever setting foot on campus? A new program that kicked off last week allows students to take upper-division business courses from CSUN instructors at Santa Monica College. (D5C) The goal: to reduce the commute load on students from the Westside.

LABOR TALKS: As most Valley residents enjoyed their Labor Day by forgetting about work, the Valley Interfaith Council on Monday night hosted a forum to discuss such job issues as affirmative action (B4). . . . Said co-organizer Bob Nienhuis: “If we can do something to build up the job base, there will be room enough for all of us.â€

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COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Call it the Pacoima Connection. . . . About 350 past and present Pacoima residents came together during the Labor Day weekend to revisit old times as part of the fifth reunion for the Pacoima Oldtimers Club (B1). The group reunites those who lived in Pacoima from 1900 to 1942.

VALLEY HARLEM: Two Harlem Globetrotters will host a basketball clinic and hotshot competition for the North Valley YMCA on Sept. 30. . . . Sterling (Smooth) Forbes and Kelvin (Special K) Hildreth will teach basketball fundamentals and razzle-dazzle skills at San Fernando High School. Registration is $15. Call (818) 365-3231 for more information.

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