Add a Punchline to Our Cow Cartoon

If you've got wit, add your punchline to Patch's weekly comic and win a personalized print.

Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your south suburban neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment section of this post. Our only requirement is that you keep it clean! At week's end, we'll pick the winning punchline based on how many of us here at Patch giggle and smile at your contribution. The user who produces the winning punchline will get a personalized proof of the comic, with the winning words and a credit line, from cartoonist Chuck Ingwersen and Patch. Congratulations to Bob Laird for the winning punchline to last week's Snowman cartoon: I don't know how he could stand it. Would you scratch my nose for me?

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Signs of Heart Health

Women especially need to pay attention to their tickers, and Silver Cross staff can help.

Orland Park cardiologist Dr. Kathleen Drinan wants you to know your numbers. February happens to be American Heart Health month. Heart disease is the number one killer of women - twelve times more women die each year in the US from heart disease than they do from breast cancer. “Every year, 490,000 American women die of cardiovascular disease, while 40,000 die from breast cancer,” Dr. Drinan said. “We need to increase our awareness, because cardiovascular disease is very preventable.” Annual mammograms and Pap smears allows doctors to catch diseases in the early stages. They have greatly reduced the death rate from breast cancer and female cancers of the reproductive system. Dr. Drinan and Silver Cross Hospital are making an effort to …

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Hospital Program Goes to the Dogs

A Palos Community Hospital program uses visits from volunteers and their pets to lift patients' spirits.

Charlie strolls through the halls of Palos Community Hospital like she owns the place, stopping to greet admirers and entering rooms without hesitation. With her I.D. badge around her neck, Charlie looks like she belongs. To understand why patients light up when Charlie enters the room, you have to understand two things. The first is that she is trained to make people smile. The second is that she is a golden retriever.  Charlie is one of the over 30 dogs who participate in the hospital's Wags animal therapy program. Accompanied by her owner, Palos Park resident and retired Stagg math teacher Craig Hodges, Charlie visits the hospital about four times a month. The program was founded by hospital employees Sister Anna Doyle and Jill Beechler…

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