Rodent Regatta

I’m trying to do something with this weblog that has me stumped. I want to create a 4-column table of data as part of an entry with an introductory paragraph before the table and a closing paragraph following the table. The final entry might look a bit like this:

This might be the introductory paragraph followed by a table that has four columns:
Heading 1  Heading 2  Heading 3  Heading 4

(table of data)

Closing paragraph.

I’ve been looking at all kinds of HTML references and I can’t make it work. The table makes my weblog behave as if the next entry should be part of a fifth column in the 4-column table. In other words, everything goes haywire. It’s almost as if the table becomes an image and text from the next entry or the footer of this entry is trying to wrap around it.

I’ve checked for closed table tags, table widths, etc., but can’t find the problem.

Help!