DIFFERENT NOSE: At the Huntington Beach Union...

DIFFERENT NOSE: At the Huntington Beach Union High School district, students are used to trained police dogs sniffing for drugs. Now comes Bork--thanks to an Elks Lodge No. 1959 donation. Bork, a German shepherd, has been trained to start searching for weapons or explosives at district schools soon. Reason: Officials are concerned about the growing number of weapons turning up at schools there. . . . Says the Elks’ Lee Gatti: “It’s a sad state of affairs when you need to search for drugs and weapons at schools; but it’s become a necessity.”

MINI-DUCKS: First came the National Hockey League team named after the fictional peewee team from the movie. Now there are four real youth hockey teams named the Mighty Ducks, and they wear jerseys provided by the NHL club. . . . The youngsters, ages 11 to 17, are playing in a 23-team tournament through Sunday at Glacial Garden Ice Arena in Anaheim. Games run from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. and are open to the public.

MONEY MATTERS: Joanne Corday Kozberg, recently appointed by the governor to head the umbrella State and Consumer Services Agency, knows about tight money. As head of the state Arts Council since 1991, she had to slash her budget almost in half and try to keep up services. . . . Says Kozberg, who tries to get back to her Balboa Peninsula home whenever she can: “Money is the issue of the ‘90s. But I’m convinced that creative solutions are available.”

TACO POWER: Maybe you don’t readily identify Taco Bell restaurants with art, but the Irvine-based company is getting huge thanks from the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach. Taco Bell sent officials there $35,000 for repairs to the Irvine Bowl, home of the annual Pageant of the Masters, which was damaged in recent mudslides. . . . The pageant is also going to give free tickets for a performance next July to firefighters who fought last month’s Laguna Beach fire.