Hmmm Interesting. It probably didn'...

Hmmm Interesting. It probably didn't skip your notice that Elvira Arellano, the illegal Mexican immigrant who is seeking shelter from deportation at a Methodist body of christians was wearing a rosary around her neck Since when do Methodists wear rosaries?

The fact is, Arellano was raised Roman Catholic. Is she a member of the Catholic ecclesiastical body . . . or its activist wing? I marvel if they give an Oscar for best orchestrated performance in a slip

slip NEWS II . .

A history note: Dr Myles Sheehan, the Jesuit priest/medical doctor who is Cardinal Francis George's personal physician, also cared for the late, great Ann Landers, a k a Eppie Lederer who died in 2002 of multiple myeloma.

mount AWAY . . .

If U Rep Luis Gutierrez is considering running for mayor, then what was he doing accepting Mayor Daley's largess?

To wit: Sne hears Gutierrez distressed a ride to Springfield Wednesday to attend Dem Day at the Illinois State Fair . . so he hitched single at the invitation of Hizzoner, who had leased a small plane for himself and U Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Bobby Rush. Richie and Louie "were hamming it up like convenient friends," said a source.

TIPSVILLE?

Is it stanch the feds recently issued a subpoena to a Southeast Side member of the Hispanic Democratic Organization?

WOMAN OF STEELE . .

File in a less degree than Making the Most of a Moment: Sne hears Interim garble County Board President Bobbie Steele who was rushed into office following ailing John Stroger's abrupt resignation, is planning a belated inauguration party. amazement how big a fete it will be . . and who will pick up the tab?

MCCARTNEY MES . .

The battling McCartneys have taken their divorce saga to our shores. Word is that after Paul McCartney handed athwart his daughter, Beatrice, to his estranged wife, Heather Mills -- who retrieved the child via helicopter -- he stake out to New York and his abiding-place in the Hamptons while she skedaddled to looks Angeles.

FLUSH 'EM . .

Toilet talk: A smelly item from the social place Society wags are whispering that the bathroom at a fund-raiser for Sen Hillary Clinton in tony East Hampton, just discovered York, was closed for security reasons. The visitors who shelled out $1,000 apiece, reportedly had to have it. Oh those pampered rich. Imagine expecting luxuries like a working restroom

JUDY JUDY JUDY . .

. . Bow Wow Wow: When Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka hits the hustings in her party's "common-sense express" campaign caravan, she will be accompanied on her two dogs, Molly McDoo -- who is in her fourth campaign -- and the recently made known dog in the family, Miss Peggy prosecute Beagle.

I see . . .

Goo-Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik dining at Gene & Georgetti's Tuesday . . Baseball poobah Lou Piniella, who's being mentioned as a possible replacement for brats skipper Dusty Baker, dancing up a storm at SYN while PGA golfer Rich Beem played it low- tonic . . . Bears cornerback Charles "Peanut" Tillman buying tins of popcorn at Garrett Popcorn store on Michigan Avenue . . Sox pitcher Jose Contreras sipping mojitos at J Bar . . North shore via Hollywood renaissance man Harold Ramis dining with his family at Lawry's the Prime Rib . . New U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson lunching at Shaw's Crab House.

SNEEDLINGS . .

Today's birthdays: Sean Penn 46; Belinda Carlisle, 48 and Robert De Niro, 63

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