To the editor:

When I picked up my home-delivered copy of the Journal-World Sunday morning, the first story I saw on the front page in humongously large type concerned a Kansas University grad who is arrogantly trying to rewrite Mark Twain’s classic books, “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer.” It was an inferior lead story and I can only conclude that you were having a very slow news day.

This story certainly did not deserve a place on the front page (I am not certain where it belongs). Just because the man involved was a graduate of KU does not make his “accomplishment” newsworthy or of interest to many readers. On the other hand, the story about the Douglas County Spelling Bee winner was of far more interest and deserved a much more prominent placement instead of one about a person who thinks he can rewrite the works of the great Mark Twain (no matter what explanation he gives).