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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

[email protected]

[email protected]

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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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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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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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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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.

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