FROM the FARM: Raccoon up to mischief in farm chicken coop

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

FROM the FARM: Join me this month for my free 'Spring Cooking Show'

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

Edgar Cayce on Prophecy

Edgar Cayce, who died at age 67 in 1945, was an American psychic known as "The Sleeping Prophet," because of his trance-like state when he gave readings.

Times Columnist Philip Potempa with psychic Irene Hughes in May 2012

Times Columnist Philip Potempa visiting with psychic Irene Hughes in May 2012.

OFFBEAT: Psychic Irene Hughes bright as stars she consulted

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Irene Hughes Psychic Reading Telephone Service Logo

Psychic Irene Hughes said she later lamented selling her name and likeness rights to a company to use for a psychic reading telephone service that she was not affiliated with, a far as providing her own psychic talents.

Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Irene Hughes, who went from being a Chicago Heights housewife to one of the world's most acclaimed psychics, died early Friday morning. She was 92.

Irene Hughes Book of Predictions

READING THE SIGNS - - Psychic Irene Hughes, whose accurate predictions have earned her a celebrity reputation, provided predictions published for decades in books, magazines and newspapers.

Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Psychic Irene Hughes, shown speaking at Annie's Tea Room in Crete, Ill., at an August 2007 event, died Friday. She was 92.

Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Psychic Irene Hughes, shown at home in 2004, has amazed the masses with her accurate predictions. Hughes died at 92 on Friday morning.

Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Psychic Irene Hughes is shown in a promotional photo from September 1975.

Michael Essany Interviews Psychic Sidney Freidman on his "Seven on Ridge" TV Talk Show

One of the first guests on Michael Essany's "Seven on Ridge" debut episode at the Sept. 15, 2012 taping was Sidney Freidman, a mentalist and psychic.

Psychic Irene Hughs in September 1975

Psychic Irene Hughes is shown in a promotional photo from September 1975.

Bill Hughes, Peggy Potempa and Irene Hughes celebrate Bill's 93rd Birthday in January 2011

Peggy Potempa, (center) mother of Times Columnist Philip Potempa, chats with psychic Irene Hughes, 90, (right) and her husband Bill, 93, in Crete, Ill. in January 2011.

OFFBEAT: Female WWII baseball team in Valpo this weekend, tribute to deaths of actor Jonathan Frid and Bill Hughes, husband of psychic Irene Hughes

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: South Holland actor enjoying play's run and pleased with co-star's Tony nod

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Paul the Psychic Octopus

Paul the Psychic Octopus was both loved and hated by millions of soccer fans from around the world who feared the fate of his uncanny, accurate predictions of team wins and losses.

Psychic help is a sign of the times

Margie Blackwell poses with her tarot cards Tuesday. Blackwell owns The Pride in Hammond, where she sells spiritual and religious items and does card readings.

Psychic help a sign of the times

From behind a tall counter, Margie Blackwell shuffles long cards worn by age.

Star wars: Astrologers address 'revelation' of horoscope shift

The last time astrologer and syndicated horoscope newspaper columnist Jacqueline Bigar faced a firestorm of reader and client questions about a "sudden change" in the celestial heavens was August 2006.