A MIGHTY ASSIST: Mighty Duck player Milos...

A MIGHTY ASSIST: Mighty Duck player Milos Holan, diagnosed recently with leukemia, will get support from fellow players and others Saturday at a bone marrow donor drive at the National Sports Grill in Orange. Holan has yet to find a matching marrow donor. . . . Says Disney Sports Enterprises President Tony Tavares: “We encourage all of our loyal fans to come out and participate.” The event begins at 10 a.m.

FOUR MORE YEARS? In addition to their annual financial predictions (D1), economists at Chapman University are calling the 1996 presidential race. . . . In the last 24 elections, the Chapman model has correctly predicted 19 presidents. For 1996, Bill Clinton is forecast to win over any GOP challenger by a 5.17% margin. However, in the last election, they were off in predicting a win for George Bush. “The model is wrong when there is a strong third-party candidate,” says Chapman economist and president James Doti. “Otherwise, it’s pretty good.”

OBJECT OF BEAUTY: When Newport Beach architect Gerald Allison was asked to design an ornament for the White House Christmas tree, he took a round, six-inch copper float valve used in toilets and made it into a birdhouse. . . . Says Allison, who visited the White House this week: “I wanted to recycle and transform some mundane element from architecture and construction and make it into a thing of beauty.”

SUPPORTIVE TRIO: Organ transplant recipients may be having trouble finding others to relate to. But the new local chapter of Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) hopes to change that. . . . Says organizer Doug Gibson: “The people who have had transplants have changes they are going through physically and psychologically. They need support from each other.” The group holds its first meeting tonight at 6:30 at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana.