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Beveridge Family NewsVolume 3, Issue 1 December 2007Holiday Edition
Area Woman Named Director of Local Non-Profit
NEW BRITAIN, PA – Warminster
resident Kathy Beveridge was looking
for a new career challenge this past
spring and, true to her character, she
jumped into one feet first.
After five years as Director of Devel-
opment at Temple University’s Ambler
College—and a fifteen-year career in
non-profit fundraising— Beveridge left
the world of development to accept a
position as the first full-time Executive
Director of the Bucks County Women’s
Fund. The directorship of the BCWF,
which funds and supports programs andpolicies that improve the lives of area
women and girls, felt like a natural next
step to Kathy. “I spent fifteen years
raising money to help non-profits do
important work,” she noted in a recent
interview. “I’m looking forward to get-
ting the chance to spend it for a
change.”
Beveridge’s husband, Mike, was
excited about her new direction. “Well,
I like Bucks County,” noted the life-
long resident of the area. “And I like
women. So it’s a win-win for me.”BCWF Board President Gayle Good-
man, who recruited Beveridge for the
position, was also pleased about her
decision to join the organization. “I met
Kathy at Temple when my husband Jim
[Searing] was a student there, and I
thought she would make a great Execu-
tive Director,” Goodman recalled.
“Plus, I figured if I got her out of de-
velopment she would stop asking Jim
for money.”
[When told of Goodman’s ulterior
motive for hiring her, Kathy pointed
out that “it worked like a charm. I don’t
bother Jim any more. Now I ask Gayle
for money.”]
Never one to do things halfway,
Beveridge decided to get some training
for her new position at the highest
level, enrolling in a Master’s Program
in Non-Profit Administration at her
alma mater, the University of Notre
Dame. Although the program has pro-
vided Kathy with substantial informa-
tion in a few short months, it has also
provided major challenges; while some
of the coursework is online, the pro-gram requires her to spend four weeks
on the Notre Dame campus each sum-
mer.
Beveridge spent her first summer
term in South Bend in late June and
July, and while the eight hours of daily
coursework was intensive, the hardest
part of the experience was being away
from Mike and her sons, Colin and
Keenan. “I had never been away from
the boys for more than two nights in a
row, so that was tough to take,” Kathy
recalled. “Every night on the phone itwas hard to listen to the crying, the
whining, the begging me to come
home. Honestly, I thought Mike would
hold up better than that” [see related
story, page A2].
Despite his joy over seeing Kathy
return home in late July, Mike admitted
that his excitement over her high-
profile position was tempered by a
growing concern. “I worry a lot about
the pressure of being married to an Ex-
ecutive Director—supporting her at all
kinds of functions and being in the pub-
Kathy Beveridge in her official big-shot picture.
Warm wishes for a happy
and healthy new year from
the Beveridge Family!
Kathy, Mike,
Colin, and Keenan
1195 Dager Road
Warminster, PA 18974
(215) 441-4827
lic eye. It’s hard being a trophy hus-
band. You wouldn’t believe how much
work it takes to look fabulous all the
time. I’m taking two facials a week just
to stay in the game.”
Kathy expressed her appreciation for
her husband’s support. “Mike has
helped me find the strength to take on
this new position, and he’s been a great
foundation. Still, as a husband, Iwouldn’t say he’s a trophy. He’s more
like a Certificate of Participation.”
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Beveridge Family NewsPage A2 December 2007
Area Man Survives Four Weeks as a Single Parent
WARMINSTER, PA – When area resi-
dent Kathy Beveridge signed up for a
Master’s Program in Non-Profit Admini-
stration at the University of Notre Dame
[see related story, page A1], she knewthat the four weeks she would spend on
campus taking five courses would be one
of the most intense experiences of her
life. Still, her time there was a picnic
compared to the experience of her hus-
band, Mike, who was charged with taking
care of their sons, Colin and Keenan,
during her absence.
“I was really excited about the opportu-
nity to experience a month of the summer
alone with the boys,” Mike recalled.
“Honestly, what the hell was I thinking?
We had a detailed itinerary for the sum-
mer, including a baseball game, a shop-ping trip, a pool party, a special dinner, a
movie night, and a trip out for ice cream.
And that was just the first day. She was
gone 22 hours and I was already wishing
there was someone around to take care of
the boys. You know, like some kind of father figure.”
As a temporary long-distance parent,
Kathy had to resort to unusual means to
stay connected with her family. “My first
day in South Bend was the day of Colin’s
little league championship game,” she
noted [see related story, page A3]. “I
watched every game that season but had
to miss that one. Luckily Mike sent me
text message updates every inning. It was
just like ESPN Mobile—except ESPN
doesn’t end every message with ‘BEV
RULZ.’”
After that first long day, Mike and theboys hit their stride and managed to have
their share of summer fun. During their
second stag week they took a trip to Pitts-
burgh, where they spent a day at Kenny-
wood, took in a Pirates game with Pappy
and Mac, and hit the Sandcastle waterpark with Nana.
Kathy even made the most of a two-
day break from classes, taking a nine-
hour train ride to visit the boys in Pitts-
burgh. “I showed up in the nick of time,”
Kathy recalled. “Another day with Mike
in charge and it would have been like
Lord of the Flies around here.”
By the third week Mike was ready for
his lovely wife to return. “I really missed
the partnership we’ve established after
twelve years,” he noted. “For example,
after the boys go to bed each night, she
does the dishes, runs the laundry, andcleans the kitchen, and I lay on the couch
and watch TV. With her gone, I had to do
the dishes, laundry, and kitchen before I
could watch TV. It was very annoying.”
Kathy’s return in late July marked a
weekend of celebration in the Beveridge
household. “Being without her made me
appreciate her more,” Mike confessed.
“She wins the Greatest Mom Ever award
in my book. And I made it through four
weeks as a single parent, so I think I de-
serve some kind of award as well.”
When asked for comment, the single
parents of the world offered a brief state-ment: “Four weeks? Big freaking deal!”
Caitlin Rose Beveridge, source of all the trouble.
Area Family WelcomesFirst Granddaughter
HORSHAM, PA – The Beveridge family
is a little bigger this year, as area resi-
dents Dan and Stephanie joyfully wel-
comed their first child, Caitlin Rose, on
March 8. For Grandmom Theresa
Beveridge, excitement reached a fever
pitch as, after raising three sons and gen-erously welcoming three grandsons, she
met the little girl she always wanted.
And not a moment too soon, according
to relieved husband Tom Beveridge.
“She’s been filling the attic with baby girl
clothes for the last ten years—just in
case,” the proud Pop-Pop noted. “If she
crammed one more thing in there, the
shingles were gonna pop off the roof.”
The roof wasn’t the only thing popping
off, as the family’s celebration was tem-
pered by complaints from Uncles Jim and
Mike that their own failures to deliver a
granddaughter had relegated them to sec-
ond-class status in the Beveridge house-
hold. For Jim, the firstborn son, the shift
in the balance of power was especially
bitter. “I was the Crown Prince,” he re-
called, shaking his head. “When I was a
baby Mom never left the house withoutpolishing my little white shoes, and now
she won’t even take my phone calls.”
“I was supposed to be the girl Mom
always wanted,” Mike noted, recalling
a doctor’s prediction, “and I’ve been a
disappointment to her ever since. But I
could always count on Dan to make me
look good, until now. I mean, he drove
Mom’s car into the garage door when
he was five years old, but one little
baby girl and he’s totally off the hook.”When asked to comment, Theresa de-
nied any change in the family dynamic,
stating that “everyone has an equal place.
Of course I love Dan with all my heart,
but I also love his brothers—you know,
the tall one and, uh, the other one.”
Despite his brothers’ carping, Dan has
reveled in his newly-conferred Most-
Favored Son status. “I think Mike and
Jim can open Mom and Dad’s pool by
themselves next summer,” he said, put-
ting his feet up on the table. “After all,
I’ll be busy taking care of their grand-
daughter. Yep, it’s good to be the king.”
Undaunted, Jim and Mike have already
begun vying for their father’s good
graces. “The race is on,” Jim said grimly.
“The first grandson to run the 100-meter
hurdles, become an engineer, or learn to
golf wins.”
Theresa Beveridge holds her newest grand-daughter, Caitlin, while her jealous grandsons(left to right) Colin, Keenan, and Tommy look on.
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S P O R T S
Beveridge Family NewsDecember 2007 Page A3
Area Youth Claims Little League ChampionshipWARMINSTER, PA – As winter settles
in, area youth Colin Beveridge continues
to be warmed by his memories of one of
the most improbable seasons in baseball
history. On June 23, the Warminster
Green Machine completed a magical ride
by clinching the Warminster Baseball
Rookie League Championship, a mete-
oric rise that paralleled Beveridge’s own
ascent to baseball stardom.
At mid-season, the team’s record hov-
ered just over .500, and Beveridge was
plagued by a hole in his swing that ham-
pered his production at the plate. “I don’t
want to say he was in a funk,” recalled
Beveridge’s father, Mike, “but he made
Pat Burrell look like Ted Williams.”
Driven by a passion for baseball, Colin
spent several evenings a week taking
fielding and batting practice. “I was
happy to pitch to him,” Mike noted, “but
what could I do to help? My lifetime little
league batting average was .240; the only
advice I had was ‘Pray for a walk.’”
Luckily, Colin ignored his father’s
advice, listening instead to coaches Tom
and Don Goodz and continuing to im-
prove. Beveridge’s hard work paid off in
spectacular fashion in late May with his
first career home run. Colin recalled the
excitement of the moment, noting that “I
hit it into the trees” in left-center field
and that only the absence of a fence de-
prived him of a home-run trot. When
reporters later measured the distance to
the trees in left-center at over 400 feet,
Mike defended his son’s account: “Hey,
it could have reached the trees. On a roll.
Downhill. In the back of a cab. Look, the
hit wasn’t small; the world is just big. Cut
him a break, will ya?”
As Beveridge began to elevate his
game, so did his teammates. Entering the
postseason with an 8-6 record, the Green
Machine reeled off five straight wins to
reach the Championship Game. The mar-
gin of victory was two runs or fewer in
every game, and two games were decided
in the final inning. Beveridge displayed a
gold glove to go with his platinum bat in
the semifinal game, diving to snag a
scorching line drive at third base to pre-
serve a tie game and later gunning down
a runner at third from left field for the
game’s final out. Mike proudly recounted
the game-saving plays, noting that the
Beveridges have never been strangers to
eye-opening glovework: “When I was
thirteen, I was playing center field and
caught a fly ball with my eye socket.
Well, maybe ‘caught’ is too strong a
word. People were talking about that one
for weeks. Usually while wincing and
shaking their heads.”
The younger Beveridge collected two
more hits and had a diving catch in left
field in the championship game, as the
Green Machine scratched out another one
-run victory in their final at-bat to claim
the title. Colin, who ultimately bat-
ted .635 for the season and .825 in the
playoffs, celebrated the victory with a
sparkling-cider shower.
When asked exactly what contribution
he made to his son’s athletic success,
Local Boy Kung Fu Fighting
WARMINSTER, PA -- The path to black
belt excellence is a long and challenging
one, but Warminster’s Keenan Beveridge
took several steps along his journey in
2007. A student at East West Karate for
nearly a year, Keenan traded in his begin-
ner’s white belt for a yellow belt in Au-gust. “I remember when he was just a
little boy who couldn’t tie his white belt
without help,” recalled proud mom Kathy
Beveridge. “Now he’s a big boy who
can’t tie his yellow belt without help.”
While the new belt marked Keenan’s
hard work over the last several months,
this fall he was rewarded again for his
continued improvement. In September
Sensei Mike Vacca promoted him from
the Little Dragons beginners team to the
All-Stars intermediate team. While
Keenan was excited to learn new self-
defense skills, he was even more excitedto participate in the All-Stars’ primary
activity: sparring. Twice a week, the
young ninja and his teammates donned
combat gear and squared off in the ring.
Keenan eagerly took to this new program,
noting that “This is cool! I finally get to
hit people!”
Despite her son’s enthusiasm for taking
on older kids in his class (and for leading
with his head), Kathy did not express
concern: “They always wear their safety
gear,” she noted. “When they get in there,
they’re wearing so much foam rubber
they look like ottomans with gloves.”
Keenan’s uncle, Dan Beveridge, left a
recent session duly impressed, noting that
“those cats were fast as lightning. In fact,
it was a little bit frightening,” he admit-
ted, although he commented that the kidsfought with “expert timing.”
Despite his obvious pride in his son’s
achievements, Mike Beveridge grimly
noted that the boy’s rapidly improving
skills have increased the pressure on him
as a parent. “I’m basically in a race
against time,” Mike pointed out, “to see if
I can get him to clean his room before
he’s able to beat me up.”
Mike was ready with an answer: “See
him over there singing ‘We Are The
Champions?’ I taught him that song.”
Slugger Colin Beveridge shows off his trophy.
Yellow belt Keenan Beveridge with Uncle Dan.
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Beveridge Family NewsPage A4 December 2007
Rookie Coach Answ ers Criticsw ith “Defeated” Season
WARMINSTER, PA – When area man
Mike Beveridge signed on as head coach
of the Warminster Basketball Association
Pacers for the 2007 season, the first-time
coach had his share of doubters. Some
said he lacked the experience to handle
such a high-profile job. Others grumbled
that he was awarded the position through
the influence of his son, local superstar
Colin. But Beveridge responded to all of
the questions about his ability with a
memorable achievement—a perfect 0-14
season.
“Coaching is all about consistency,”
Beveridge noted in a press conference
after the Pacers were eliminated in the
first round of the playoffs. “No matter
what happens on the court, you have to
maintain an even keel. When you have a
streak going, even if it’s a losing streak,
you can’t let anything break it.”
Beveridge’s unique coaching philoso-
phy certainly made an impression on his
colleagues. “Mike made us rethink a lot
of our assumptions about the game,”
noted John Sweeney, Beveridge’s unfor-
tunate assistant and father of power for-
ward Kyle. “Like the assumption that
talented players can overcome mediocre
coaching. Or the one about the blind
squirrel finding a nut once in a while.”
Despite the leadership of their myopic
coach, the Pacers came close to finding
that elusive nut on several occasions.
Most notably, on back-to-back nights in
mid-February, the team lost consecutive
games by a combined three points, in-
cluding one game in which they held a
one-point lead in overtime only to see an
opposing player throw in a 14-foot prayer
with under a minute to play.
“That was a tough stretch,” said a visi-
bly shaken Beveridge. “But as I told the
kids at the end of the season, sometimes
you work hard and do everything right
and the ball still doesn’t bounce your
way. But they played like champions in
my book. An experience like this really
builds character.”
“Yeah, great. Character,” noted Colin,
when asked about his dad’s final speech.
“That’s why I worked my butt off all
season. To build character. I can’t wait to
build even more character next year.”
Local Urchins’ Sad FacesUnintentionally Hilarious to Parents
WARMINSTER, PA – Like most kids at
their ages, area brothers Colin and
Keenan Beveridge have spent yearsworking on their “sad faces,” the puppy-
dog-eyed weapon that typically overpow-
ers parents with waves of pity and bends
them to their children’s will. Unfortu-
nately for the boys, however, their poor-
waif looks have not produced the desired
effect.
“It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever
seen,” confessed Kathy Beveridge, the
boys’ amused mother. “They used to ask
for an extra cookie or to stay up another
10 minutes, and I would say no and brace
myself so I wouldn’t give in to their
pleading. Now it takes all of my effort just to keep from laughing in their little
faces.”
Kathy’s husband Mike confessed to
having a similar reaction. “I can’t even
look at them when they do it,” he noted,
suppressing a giggle. “They’re trying to
look like Oliver Twist, but they end up
looking like Jerry Lewis. Seriously,
Kathy and I are thinking about withhold-
ing food and birthday presents just so we
can see how much funnier the faces can
get.”
Despite their parents’ failure to appre-
ciate the piteousness of their looks, the
brothers pledged to keep working onthem. “We’re going to keep practicing
the faces,” promised Colin, “and we’re
looking into hiring a couple of violinists.
If that doesn’t work, we can always throw
a tantrum.”
S p o r t s E x t r a
Clockwise from above: Keenan asks Mom for some ice cream. Colin begs to play video gameson a school night. The Beveridge brothers’ pat-ented double-barreled puppy-dog-eye attack,which is illegal in twelve states.
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Beveridge Family NewsDecember 2007 Page A5
Area Youths Stricken w ith Dance Fever
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Noted philosopher
Gloria Estefan once said that “the rhythm
is gonna get you.” Unfortunately for the
area Deltondo family, the rhythm got all
of their out-of-town cousins, Colin and
Keenan Beveridge and Henry and Aidan
Welsh, on the same night.
The time was Thanksgiving weekend,
and the occasion was the wedding cele-
bration of cousin Nicole Nyhan and her
husband, Chris Melas. The couple were
married in Palo Alto, CA in June of this
year and decided to hold a reception for
the Pittsburgh family—foolishly inviting
the East Coast cousins to join in the fes-
tivities. “They didn’t have to invite us,”
muttered Kathy Beveridge, the boys’
mortified mother and aunt. “They brought
this on themselves.”
Kathy could tell that the evening would
be an eventful one almost immediately.
“As soon as they saw the dance floor in
the reception hall, they went crazy,” she
recalled. “Jumping up and down, stomp-
ing around in a conga line—and this was
before the music started playing.”
When the music did start, the situation
deteriorated rapidly, as the cousins began
jerking arrhythmically around the floor.
All forms of dance were represented (and
butchered), as the boys demonstrated
ballet, waltzes, and disco, among others.
While most onlookers were alternately
fascinated and horrified at the spectacle, a
few maintained the impression that the
boys were not acting alone. “I saw Mike
telling those kids what to do,” insisted
Toni Lynn Fowkes, Kathy’s cousin. “He
showed them The Lawn Sprinkler, he
showed them Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’
In a dramatic re-creation of their
Thanksgiving weekendperformance, Henry,Colin, Aidan, andKeenan share the giftof dance (Clockwisefrom top): conga line,disco, robot dance,vogue (with Harlan).
dance, and he showed them The Robot.
He was the mastermind behind the whole
thing.”
Beveridge denied the accusation, stat-
ing that “if I was showing them how to
dance, they would’ve been a lot better at
it. Unfortunately, they got their sense of
rhythm from their mother.”
Despite the controversy, everyone
seemed to enjoy the performance. “The
boys showed some interesting moves,”
noted Patrick Welsh, father to hoofers
Henry and Aidan and uncle to steppers
Colin and Keenan. “We’re looking for-
ward to watching them dance at many
weddings in the future. I don’t mean their
weddings, because let’s face it—with
moves like that, no self-respecting
woman would ever have them.”
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Beveridge Family NewsPage A6 December 2007
Area Man Returns to Alma Mater in Sad Attempt
to Reclaim Lost Glory
SOUTH BEND, IN – In a sad attempt to
wake up the echoes of his college glory
days, Warminster resident Mike
Beveridge recently embarked on a 1,600-
mile roadtrip to the University of Notre
Dame to reunite with his former room-
mates—and ended up witnessing history.
Joining Beveridge on his lost weekend
were four of the five roommates with
whom he spent the four years of his col-
lege experience: Mike Seamands, of St.
Louis, MO; Ralph Falbo, of Pittsburgh,
PA; Scott Giacobello, of San Clemente,
CA; and Geoff Frank, of Tampa, FL. The
sole absent roommate was Frank Moos-
brugger of Indianapolis, IN. “We heard
Frank was injured at work and couldn’t
make the trip,” noted Giacobello, “but
none of us believed it. At some point
during the weekend we fully expected
Frank to appear out of the darkness, like a
ninja.”
While mourning Moosbrugger’s ab-
sence, the remaining five roommates
celebrated being on campus together for
the first time since graduation day in May
1992. “It’s amazing how things change,”
marveled Seamands, Beveridge’s original
freshman-year roommate and longtime
companion. “Back then, we were a bunch
of scrawny teenage punks who drank too
much and ripped on each other. Now,
we’re a bunch of fat thirty-something
punks who drink too much and rip on
each other.”
Unfortunately, while the alums could
reminisce about life in their old dormi-
tory, they couldn’t actually visit their old
stomping grounds, as their dorm, Flanner
Hall, was converted to administrative
offices in 1997 to house staff displaced
during the renovation of the Administra-
tion Building. “It was like preserving the
Golden Dome was more important to the
University than saving our old room,”
muttered a bitter Falbo. “Some people’s
priorities are way out of whack.”
Upon further investigation, the room-
mates discovered that their old six-man
room now housed the Erasmus Insti-
tute— “an international center at Notre
Dame that helps scholars who are culti-
vating Catholic intellectual and cultural
traditions,” as described by the Univer-
sity. “Their website says that our old
room houses ‘a premier global center for
the study of religion and society,’” noted
Giacobello. “That’s kind of what it was
like when we lived there—if you replace
the words ‘religion’ and ‘society’ with
‘chicks’ and ‘beer.’”
While the roommates had changed a
great deal over the years, the fortunes of
their football team had changed even
more drastically. The Fighting Irish en-
tered the game with a 1-7 record, and the
team’s bad fortune reached historic pro-
portions that weekend with its first loss to
the Naval Academy in 43 years. “The
Irish ended up 3-9 this year,” noted
Beveridge. “They didn’t lose nine games
in the entire four years we were there,
and they won the National Championship
our freshman year. I guess these students
today just don’t cheer hard enough. I
don’t want to say that the team’s success
back then was because of us, but their
success back then was totally because of
us.”
Despite the apparent lack of mojo dis-
played by their modern-day counterparts,
Beveridge and his friends felt a special
kinship with the current student body.
“Just hanging out at the tailgaters and in
the stadium, we really felt the bond of the
Notre Dame family, like the students
around us were our brothers and sisters,”
noted roommate Geoff Frank. “Then it
occurred to us that most of the students
were literally half our age. After that, we
felt less like their brothers and more like
their creepy uncles. Next time we come
back we’ll stay in the old people areas
and keep to ourselves.”
Top: Mike Beveridge (far right, sporting wickedmullet) with roommates(left to right) Geoff Frank,Scott Giacobello, RalphFalbo, and Mike Sea-mands in their room(before the Erasmus
Institute ruined the décor)on Graduation Day, May1992.
Bottom: Mike Beveridge(far right, sporting 20extra pounds) with room-mates (left to right) Geoff,Ralph, Scott, and Mike,try to tailgate out of theback of a Honda Civic.