By Dennis Brent Melby

Her Dad was so proud of his girl – she was so mature and patriotic, smart and beautiful (even if he was biased). And she had volunteered to enlist and volunteered again to re-up to serve in DC during the Thanksgiving holiday – so that others could spend time with their kids and so the people she has come to love in our Nation’s capital would feel a little bit safer this holiday season.

When she and her partner came around the corner she was shot in the face, then shot again with her own gun. She hung on for two days clinging to life and hope…and then she was gone. She wasn’t 21 yet, but her life was taken on the DC streets by an angry man from another country – and it was so wrong on all counts. He also shot her partner, who’s now clinging to life.

I know the area well. For about a year, 6 days a week, I worked at my White House office around the corner on Lafayette Park, a great area in a townhouse that was saved and renovated by Jackie Kennedy. The Guard Officer Beckstrom was killed just yards away; outside the subway I took almost every day. Her father was devastated, her National Guard partners were distraught – yet continued to patrol our capital city to keep it safe for residents, tourists, folks from MoCo and workers.

New MCFRW officers are sworn in. (R to L) Sandy Tuttle (President), Lori Jaffe (1st Vice President), Martha Hale (2nd Vice President), Rita Beck (Corresponding Secretary), Mary George (Recording Secretary), Patsy Dillingham (Treasurer), Margie Shultz (Assistant Treasurer)

Fitzgerald Mofor, MLS
Candidate for Maryland House District 9A
Campaign Chair, Friends and Family of Fitzgerald Mofor
Po Box 106, Damascus, Maryland, 20872
[email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2025

It’s Time To Restore Maryland: Common Sense and Good Governance

My story begins at Shady Grove Hospital in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where I was born on August 18, 1995. I attended Quality Time Early Learning Center, and my family was very involved in the Presbyterian Church, where I have my earliest memories. I moved to Brookeville, Maryland, and played football for the St. Peter’s Panthers. Later, I became a three-year varsity letterman on the football team at Sherwood High School. I moved down south to the Bible Belt and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I tried out for the football team and earned a scholarship within six months. I received all-conference honors, started thirty-five games, and helped deliver the first championship in school history.

'Cause we love 'em!

A Chairman’s Thanksgiving Thought

This Thanksgiving, we’re reminded of the importance of dialogue, leadership, and the willingness to engage with people from all walks of life. President Trump’s recent meeting with Mamdani underscores how meaningful it can be when individuals with differing views come together in good faith to talk, listen, and seek understanding.

• Nov 27, Thanksgiving Holiday  
• Dec 3, PWRC Annual Holiday Luncheon
• Dec  4, RWRC Holiday Luncheon Dutch’s Daughter, Frederick
• Dec 5-6, State Republican Convention
• Dec 7, MoCo Republican Club & CCWRC "Katja's Toys for Tots" Party
• Dec 10, Republican Club of Leisure World Holiday Party
• Dec 10, LD15 PAC Holiday Dinner 
• Dec 13, MoCo YRs Wreaths Across America
• Dec 13, UMRWC Wreaths Across America
• Dec 20. UMRWC Holiday Brunch
• Dec 20, MDYR Holiday Gala

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Chris Burnett, congressional candidate CD6, and family delivering donated food.