Joining line paths in CS5

Hi,
I am working on a line art project and trying to figure out how to join an endpoint on one path to another path. Here is pic of what I am trying to do:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/862/screenshot20111215at150.png/
Is there a way to join a line to the middle of another line and keep the line styles? Right now some of my paths end abruptly in a square end, but how do I joint them together? I tried using the "join" command, but that requires 2 endpoints.

Spinky,
It seems that in this case you may give the chin/cheek paths white fills and extend the troublesome paths, keeping them underneath the others; if that is not too cheeky.

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