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Library Tidings
Book Review: “D-Day Girls”
By Sarah Rose
In 1942, the Allies were
losing, Germany seemed
unstoppable and every able
man in England was fight-
ing. Believing that Britain was
locked in an existential battle,
Winston Churchill had al-
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The person selected to lead
the effort to add transparency
and clear communication to
the workings of the MWD is
Jim Grano, a Mapleton res-
ident who has worked for
many years as a volunteer
with an array of local organi-
zations, including schools, en-
vironmental projects and the
Salmon and Trout Enhance-
ment Program (STEP).
Grano was a participant
at Wednesday’s meeting as
Basurto announced the for-
mation of the CRT and in-
troduced him as the leader of
the effort to improve district
communication.
Grano was not willing to
discuss the specifics of the
tumult of the last year during
News about the Siuslaw Public Library by Kevin Mittge
ready created a secret agency,
the Special Operations Execu-
tive (SOE), whose spies were
trained in everything from
demolition to sharpshooting.
Their job, he declared, was to
“set Europe ablaze.”
But with most men on
the front lines, the SOE was
forced to do something un-
precedented: recruit women.
Thirty-nine answered the call,
leaving their lives and fam-
ilies to become saboteurs in
France.
In “D-Day Girls,” Sarah
Rose draws on recently de-
classified files, diaries, and
oral histories to tell the thrill-
ing story of three of these
remarkable women. There’s
Andreé Borrel, a scrappy
and streetwise Parisian who
blew up power lines with the
Gestapo on her heels; Odette
Sansom, an unhappily mar-
ried suburban mother who
saw the SOE as her ticket
out of domestic life and into
a meaningful adventure; and
Lise de Baissac, a fiercely in-
dependent member of French
colonial high society and the
SOE’s unflappable “queen.”
Together, they destroyed train
lines, ambushed Nazis, plot-
ted prison breaks, and gath-
ered crucial intelligence —
laying the groundwork for the
D-Day invasion that proved
to be the turning point in the
war.
Rigorously researched and
written with razor-sharp wit,
“D-Day Girls” is an inspiring
story for our own moment of
resistance: a reminder of what
courage — and the energy of
politically animated women
— can accomplish when the
stakes seem incalculably high.
Library opens tomorrow!
The library is pleased to
begin offering browsing at
our facilities in Florence and
Mapleton beginning tomor-
row, Thursday, April 1.
To begin, we will match
our curbside pickup and
drop-off hours, so Monday
through Thursday, the hours
will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and on Fridays from 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. In Mapleton, we
will offer a slightly expanded
service from current curb-
side hours, providing brows-
ing from noon until 5 p.m.
on Thursdays only.
Days open, including
weekends, and the number
of hours, will increase as
conditions allow.
Patrons will continue to
be required to wear masks
inside the library. Appoint-
ments are not necessary. We
have new touch less check-
out stations we encourage
patrons to use. There will be
no seating at this time and
meeting rooms are not avail-
able.
Restrooms will also be
closed to the public.
Saubert’s tenure as manag-
er, referring to it simply as a
“Tendency towards confron-
tation, not communication”
during an extended discus-
sion of the MWD situation
with Siuslaw News.
During Wednesday’s meet-
ing, Grano spoke about his
new position leading the CRT
and MWD’s plans for the fu-
ture.
“Our goal was to provide as
much factual information as
we had and to be as transpar-
ent as we could. And to show
a pathway forward,” Grano
said. “All of the bills will be
reconciled, but we have a new
office person and we don’t
want her to be overwhelmed
by the calls and the problems.
So, (CRT) will be calling each
of our customers to talk about
their individual problems.”
Grano also echoed Basur-
to’s comments that the district
has made mistakes but the re-
cent change in leadership has
allowed for more discussion
and ideas about the difficul-
ties faced by the MWD.
Without disparaging any
previous district leaders, both
Grano and Basurto believe the
current members of the board
do want to insure the delivery
of clean, potable water to their
friends and neighbors.
“After talking with Dustin,
I realized I knew most of
the board and I knew they
were good, well-intentioned
people. They only met once
a month and, in retrospect,
were not provided the infor-
mation they needed to un-
derstand the situation,” Grano
said. “So, I agreed to step in
and help. I have some experi-
ence working with boards and
I think that I might be joining
the board, maybe by the time
of the next board meeting. By
then, we will have a better un-
derstanding of what we need
to do improve the communi-
cation with the 240 users in
the district.”
The meeting was well re-
ceived by the online viewers,
as the comments on social
media platforms indicated
over week. There was a gen-
eral consensus that the meet-
ing had begun the process of
healing the community and
those in charge of providing
one of the basic needs of its
citizenry.
The next meeting of the
MWD Board is scheduled for
April 13 beginning at 7 p.m.
Residents with questions
or concerns can contact the
MWD office at 541-268-4348.
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