Guru’s commune keeps
Albany factory running
ALBANY (AP) — Followers of an Indian guru
living near Antelope, Oregon have helped keep
an Albany factory operating through the reces
sion with their orders tor mobile homes, a factory
official says.
Disciples of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh have
paid $1.5 million — in cash — for 53 units man
ufactured at Albany's Golden West Mobile
Homes, says Bob Bauer, the company's sales
manager in Santa Ana, Calif
"Yes, they are different," says Bauer, who has
visited the Ftajneesh ranch near Antelope "Many
people suspect their intentions But the bottom
line is the economic impact this group is making
in Oregon."
The orders equal five months of production at
the plant in the past 10 months and another seven
units have just been ordered, he says Almost all
of the homes are double-wides The guru's is a
triple-wide
Without the business, many of the remaining 40
workers at one of Golden West’s two plants on
Pacific Boulevard likely would have been laid off.
Bauer says. Heavier orders from the Rajneesh
Foundation in the last half of 1981 kept 35-40 of
the 80 employees then working at the plant on the
payroll much longer.
The foundation's orders have amounted to a
$375,000 payroll in the Albany area and
prevented state unemployment insurance
payments of $175,000, Bauer says.
Followers of the Bhagwan want to create a city
on a small portion of the 64,000-acre Big Muddy
Ranch. The Rajneesh Foundation bought the
ranch last summer for $6 million.
The Bhagwan and nearly all of his 200 disciples
at the ranch live in mobile homes manufactured at
Golden West's Albany plant, Bauer says. He does
not expect orders to let up.
None of the homes has been purchased on a
long-term contract, Bauer says. Full payment — a
check — always is mailed to Golden West's Santa
Ana headquarters within 10 days of delivery.
"We have yet to have just one problem with any
of the orders or payments,” he says. “They areas
good or are better than our best customers.”
Longtime battle over beaches
might be decided at hearings
A longtime beach battle
between dune buggy enthusiasts
and environmentalists could be
decided tonight and Wednesday
night at public hearings in Eugene
and Reed sport
Off-road vehicles could be
barred from three more stretches
of beach between the mouth of
the Siuslaw River near Florence
and Tenmile Creek south of the
Umpqua River if environmen
talists have their way
Two public hearings — one at
7:30 tonight in the Eugene City
Council Chambers and the other
Wednesday night at 7:30 in
Reedsport High School — are be
ing held by state park officials to
help them decide the heated is
sue
Wendell Wood, of the Flor
Corrections
In Monday’s story. “Weaver,
panelists back nuke freeze,” the
Emerald erroneously reported
that Steve Johnson is a member
of Students for a Nuclear Free
Future Johnson is not a member
of SNuFF, but is a graduate
student in Sociology
Also in Monday’s paper,
students Holly McLean and Marc
Tanzer’s names were misspelled
The Emerald regrets the er
rors
ence-based Citizens for "Un
treaded" Beaches, says his group
will present more than 1,600 sig
natures on a petition requesting
the parks and recreation division
of the state transportation depart
ment close three more beaches
on the Oregon coast Citizen
support of the CUB position at the
public hearings is vital because
once the issue is decided, state
park officials will not consider it
again tor several years, he says
CUB leaders says only two of
the 42 miles of beaches in the
National Recreation Area
between Florence and North
Bend are closed to ORVs year
round Fairness to "non-vehicle
beach recreationists" would
require about half of NRA
beaches closed all year to ORVs.
they say
But the ORV drivers' attitude is,
"we have the right to drive on the
whole teach, " Wood says.
Wally Fields, president of the
Eugene Sandbugs, says Oregon
ORV groups have already lost
access to too many beaches.
“We've lost and we've lost and
we've lost,” he says. Of the
360-plus miles of Oregon
beaches, more than half have
already been closed to ORVs,
Fields adds.
"If they want 50 percent,
they’ve got 50 percent. There's
plenty of room for everybody,'' he
said
Pete Bond, beach coordinator
for the state parks department,
says public comment on the con
troversy is welcome until May 16.
The issue will be reviewed by the
State Parks Advisory Committee
in June and the state transporta
tion department is expected to
make a decision in July, Bond
says.
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