Psychic sees bright future for region

HOBART Polly Johns sees a bright future for Hobart and Portage."It's going very well, actually," Johns said from her downtown Hobart storefront.
"I feel it is growing, and it's getting stronger. Portage especially is growing, but that's really good. They're growing in a really good way."Johns isn't a developer, planner or civil engineer.She's a psychic.Her shop of just more than two years -- The Psychic Gallery, 515 East St. -- offers religious candles and oils as well as readings for $60, which include a gift she selects based on her impressions of the client's needs.Johns grew up in what she describes as a "very, very religious" Catholic home in Burbank, just southwest of Chicago."I had this gift since I was 13, but I didn't take it professionally until I was in my 20s," Johns said."It's a gift from God. I kept seeing dreams and things coming in my family with my cousins, brother, sister. I used to tell my parents that, and they didn't pay attention until it started getting stronger."The psychic said she believes in loving everyone, period. Following that belief, Johns said, will carry the region forward in a positive way."People need to get together and make it happen," Johns said. "It's all about supporting that person who will try to get things going."Johns said the strength of the whole region is going to be based on working collectively to improve areas that are having a difficult time."It's just like a family," Johns said. "When you see someone struggling, you have to get together and make it right."Johns' clientele, she said, is diverse, with many coming from the Chicago area, just like her."I've had all kinds of people come here -- church people, Christian people, all kinds of cultures, and I've had very good feedback from all of them. I feel a lot of people moving in, because they like it here and say it is very comfortable. A lot of my clients moved here from Chicago, and they said they chose this area because it felt right for them," she said.Johns said many of her clients come in depressed and desperate."I comfort them and, in turn, it helps me," she said.Johns said the two things her clients always want to know about are their love lives and money."Some people just have a low spirit and I just kind of boost them up and speak to them about the Lord and they feel so much better," Johns said."I always tell people to be strong with God. That's number one, and that's the most powerful weapon any of us have for happiness in life."

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