Doris Bloch wants to thank the youngster...

Doris Bloch wants to thank the youngster who donated four toy Soviet jets to the downtown relief organization she heads.

But, inasmuch as she’s executive director of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, she says that the aircraft will have only a short stopover there.

“We’ll give them to an agency that deals with needy children,” said Bloch, noting that Christmas is approaching.

She offered her thanks to the anonymous benefactor, but added that “he should work on his spelling.”

A note accompanying the gift said: “I donate theys micro jets to th needy. I am sory to say that I stoel them but my dad paid for them when he found out about it. I will pay my dad back.”

Just a temporary cost overrun.

Several blocks north, pink balloons were carefully tied Sunday to a fence along a trash-littered sidewalk on Winston Street. A Skid Row wedding was about to begin.

The bride, Tamara McZeal, 18, arrived in a flowing white dress, a gift from the Skid Row Ministry of the West Angeles Church, which organized the event.

The groom, Albert Franco, 35, wore a turquoise-and-white sweater and a gray pair of pants.

The two, who had been living in a nearby motel, said they wanted to show others that good things can happen on Skid Row. But an unwanted guest showed up: A camera crew from a local television station.

“No cameras!” the groom yelled.

The couple, a few friends and a church minister then jumped into a car and sped off. They exchanged vows on the steps of the County Courthouse.

Afterward, when the newlyweds were certain that the TV crew was gone, they returned to the dirty street, where they ate wedding cake on a folding table.

“We wanted it to be just us,” Franco said.

“Just us and Skid Row.”

The city of Long Beach will go to court in two weeks in an attempt to make resident Ski Demski take down the 95-by-160-foot American flag that he flies in his front yard. The charge: The big flag flaps too noisily.

But the San Francisco Giants, who might welcome noise after their lifeless World Series beginning, are more appreciative. Demski’s flag--an Only in L.A. regular--will be unfurled today at Candlestick Park during pregame ceremonies.

“At least something from down here will be in the World Series,” quipped Demski.

An ache up her sleeve: Hathu Koff suffered minor injuries when a Los Angeles-based tour bus flipped on its side in Las Vegas the other night. It didn’t stop her from gambling. But she did switch to push-button video poker.

“I don’t feel like pulling the slot-machine arm,” she explained, “because my side is hurting too much.”