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Show Wednesday, December 22, 1982 5 A Emery County Progress Clawson writer publishes essays Larry W. Davis Progress Editor by Im sometimes bothered by the notion I was born a hundred years too late. This is the first sentence of the first essay in a collection of essays written and compiled into a book titled Greasewood Greens by Keith Wright of Clawson. That initial sentence tends to set the tone of the book, create a mood, and identify the writer as being one of tradition, filled with the folklore of the local land and its people. In an interview with the Progress last week, Wright discussed his new book as well as its background while chipping in some thoughts about writing in general. The 252 page book includes dozens of essays about Wrights personal observations of people and events over the six decades he has been working and living in Emery and County elsewhere. The real flavor of the book surfaces through his style of capturing the local color through the language and descriptions unique to an element which is rapidly disappearing. Greasewood Greens first appeared as a column in the Emery County Progress during the 70s. After several years, the column ceased, but Wright continued to write and edit, eventually completing a manuscript which he published into book form this year. I wasnt trying to build a fire under anybody with my writing, Wright said. I quit being a crusader years ago. Most of the response was positive though, and I was told that many people bought the paper just for my column. After I quit writing for the paper, I missed it. Maybe thats why I did the book. I enjoy writing things if people enjoy reading them. Wright explained that the title was taken from one of the essays which recalls an old timer who told him about times when the locals used to cook up the greens as a change of pace to the usual diet. Greasewood grows abundantly in this area but does not appear to be something someone would like to chow down on. Wright has used a photo of an old wagon wheel standing in a bed of Greasewood on the cover of his book. Prior to his publication of the Wright also wrote a western novel which was published by Leisure Books of New York in 1979. Titled Judgment Day at Copper Globe, the book takes on many of the characteristics of Emery County while characters are book, modeled after people Wright has known during his life. Writing fiction is a lot harder than nonfiction for me, he said, recalling the many hours he spent hovering over a typewriter groping for words. He said that after spending a summer doing the rough draft, he took all winter making revisions and then the real task began in finding someone to publish it. Even after he agreed to contract terms with Leisure Books, the problems continued. That contributed to his decision to market Greasewood Greens on his own. Regardless of the type of writing, Wright feels that a certain amount of compensation must follow. Writing is hard work. It takes a lot of time and energy, too much to be done for nothing. If I was a wealthy man, I would write for nothing, but the way it is now, I cant afford to, he said. He said that he is pleased with the early acceptance of his new book and that sales are going about as he expected. Also, should the book do well, he is considering a second edition. Wright gained an appreciation for literature at an early age. I guess my mother is as much responsible as anyone for my love of writing. She always had reading material around for her kids, and a Christmas didnt go by without each of us getting a book, Wright said, adding that he read about anything he could get his hands on. He still reads a great deal today, and his selections include a wide variety. Throughout his life, Wright has been a coal miner, soldier, farmer, railroad worker, truck driver, river guide, clerk, school teacher, cattle herder, and road worker. He spends several months each year working for the Forest Service on road management. Of all the jobs he has done, those that have taken him into the mountains have been most enjoyable, but all have contributed to his writing storehouse. Along with the possiblity of a second edition to Greasewood Greens, Wright has several other writing projects in the works. He has written a movie script for a western which he is hoping to market, and he has plans of a biography of Fred Larson, a former game warden. is Greasewood Greens available through Mr. Wright. The book sells for $12.50. I Clawson author, Keith Wright, autographs copies of his newest book, Greens Greasewood Plmtu Larry W. Davis Progress Editor An East Carbon man pleaded guilty in Seventh District Court in Price on Monday, Dec. 20, to two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping, both first degree felonies, as well as Farabducted a mington, New Mexico, woman on U.S. Highway 6 and took her at knifepoint to a remote location in Emery County where he assaulted her. He later assaulted her in another location in the county, Owens said. According to the captain, Sumerville then left the women who was able to contact the Highway Patrol. She was transported by ambulance to Castle Valley Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and released. Sumerville was arrested by the UHP in the early afternoon that same day. He was transported to the Emery County Sheriffs Office and was arraigned in circuit court on Dec. 15 where he waived preliminary hearing and by one count of felony parole violation and was sentenced to concurrent terms of from five years to life in prison. Judge Richard C. Davidson handed down the sentence after the guilty plea was entered by Dale Sumerville, 41. Sumerville was arrested by the Utah Highway Patrol on Dec. 14 following an incident in Emery County just west of Wellington. Emery County Sheriffs Department Captain D.F. Owens said that Sumerville was bound over to district court. At the request of Sumerville, a special hearing was held Dec. 20 where the guilty plea was entered and the sentence handed down. Captain Owens noted that the cooperation of the Emery Sheriffs Department, the Utah Highway Patrol, the East Carbon Police Department, Carbon Sheriffs Department and Wellington law enforcement officials helped bring about the arrest and ensuing conviction. 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