Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
✶ Thank you for your readership and contributions. ✶
Friday, April 26
Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has set up a site, Comptroller's Critters, to help animal rescue organizations find homes for the pets in their care. Most of the participating shelters are in Chicago.