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Melissa Patino, a junior at Tinley Park High School, works on her entry in the Lucerne "The Art of Dairy" contest. She is one of nine finalists — picked from 9,000 entries — and if her painted cow wins, it will mean $5,000 for her and her teacher, plus $20,000 for her school. | Mike Nolan~Sun-Times Media.
Melissa Patino, a junior at Tinley Park High School, works on her entry in the Lucerne "The Art of Dairy" contest. She is one of nine finalists — picked from 9,000 entries — and if her painted cow wins, it will mean $5,000 for her and her teacher, plus $20,000 for her school. | Mike Nolan~Sun-Times Media.
Melissa Patino, a junior at Tinley Park High School, works on her entry in the Lucerne "The Art of Dairy" contest. She is one of nine finalists — picked from 9,000 entries — and if her painted cow wins, it will mean $5,000 for her and her teacher, plus $20,000 for her school. | Mike Nolan~Sun-Times Media.
Melissa Patino, a junior at Tinley Park High School, works on her entry in the Lucerne "The Art of Dairy" contest. She is one of nine finalists — picked from 9,000 entries — and if her painted cow wins, it will mean $5,000 for her and her teacher, plus $20,000 for her school. | Mike Nolan~Sun-Times Media.
Melissa Patino says this is the first cow she’s ever painted. But if the 8-foot-long plastic cow wins a national competition, it will mean $30,000 for her and for Tinley Park High School. Patino, a junior at the school, is one of nine finalists — …