[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28141]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             BJORN SELINDER

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to express my congratulations 
and warm wishes to Bjorn Selinder as he retires from his position as 
Churchill County Manager in the State of Nevada.
  Bjorn, affectionately known as ``BJ'', has led a selfless life as a 
public servant, friend, husband and father. Born in Goteborg, Sweden, 
Bjorn, his brother and his parents immigrated to the United States in 
the early 1950s and moved to Minneapolis, MN.
  After Bjorn graduated from Southwest High School, he ended up in 
California where he met the love of his life, Judy Moffatt. Soon after 
he met her, they married in 1996 and later moved to Nevada in 1973 to 
raise their children and start a family business.
  Bjorn originally went to Churchill County looking for a short-term 
job. Twenty-seven years later, he is one of the longest serving county 
managers in the State of Nevada.
  When he first joined Churchill County in August of 1974, his duties 
were coordination and planning activities and acting as assistant to 
the county manager. A short 2 years later, BJ became the Churchill 
County manager.
  Prior to moving to Fallon, Nevada, Bjorn received his bachelors 
degree in management science from Sierra Nevada College and did post 
graduate work at the University of Nevada Reno.
  He worked in the aerospace and ordinance industries when he lived in 
southern California and Minneapolis. He also came to Churchill County 
with an understanding about how to run a small business.
  Throughout Bjorn's life as a public servant, his wife Judy has been 
the rock on which he leans. With the road of retirement stretching 
before them, they plan to spend time with their three grandchildren and 
their two daughters, Kristen and Majken. I am sure BJ will also put in 
a few hours on the lovely Fallon golf course.
  Bjorn Selinder is leaving his job, but he's not leaving the 
community. As he goes about his new life, I hope he will take time 
every day to look around at the county he helped create, and know that 
his work is appreciated.
  I congratulate Bjorn on a job well done and wish him an enjoyable 
retirement.

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