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NPB County Living People To Watch Judy Pierman (PBP) 2-21-88N THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1988 ® The North Palm Beach Branch of the American Association of University Women's annual fashion show -benefit will be held today at 11:30 a.m. at the Hyatt of the Palm Beaches. Proceeds will go toward scholarships and grants. The public is invited. For more information and reservations call Sue at 626-0119. 14sm Lunch for education The North Palm Beach branch of the American Association, of University Women will sponsor a lun- cheon to benefit the Educational Foundation of the AAUW. The luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, March 5 at noon in the Palm Hotel in West Palm Beach. En-' tertainment will be provided by the Palm Beach Ju- nior College Pacesetters. For tickets and information, call Anne Fitzpatrick at 746-8676. BENEFIT LUNCHE®N The American Association of University. Women, North Palm Beach Branch, will sponsor its an- nual benefit luncheon on Satur- day, March 5, at noon at the Palm Hotel in West Palm Beach. All proceeds go to the Thelma Obert* Endowment Fund, chaired by Hinda Rosenbaum of Jupiter, from %7hich scholarship and com'- munity project grants are award- ed. Entertainment will be provided by the Pacesetters of Palm Beach Junior College. For reservations and tickets, c;ill. Anne Fitzpatrick at 746-8676. Saturday's the day for the North Palm Beach branch of the Ameri- can Association of University Women's happy gathering at the Palm Hotel, West Palm Beach, and there's still time to join them. This year's fund-raising event, "Matinee at the Cabaret," is a lun- cheon with lively pop and jazz vo- cals by the Palm Beach Junior Col- lege Pacesetters. Proceeds from the event go to the local association's Educational Foundation Program. This season, a portion of the money will also go to the Pacesetters to help with travel expenses connected with their appearance at Expo '88 in ./`stralia this summer. Hinda Rosenbaum of Jupiter is chairman of the event, which is open to the public. The cabaret be- gins with a reception at 11:30 a.m. Luncheon will be served at noon and the donation for the day is $22. Reservations and tickets are available from Anne Fitzpatrick, 746-8676. PEOPLE TO WATCH II LOREN G. HOSACK/Staff Photographer mestic duties. My biggest accomplishment: My family. Because of my f amily,, i I've been able to accomplish s.. much. My personal hero: My mother, she's tops. The best part about my ..deb The people that I work with; th children, the adults. The worst part about my job:, Not being able to do all I'd like to; do. T Favorite midnight snack,.- I try not to have one. Last good book I read: Tb 100 GrenatestPoets. Last good movie I saw: movie of my cousin's wedding My most embarrassing m' ment: I can't think of one. I do embarrass easy, I guess. * P., If I couldn't be a teacher would be: It would be hard to anything else and enjoy it mo than what I'm doing now. My personal philosophy: • sically to be all that I can be a to help as much as I can and care. Any other words of wisdo Make use of every minute. what you can f or the benef it others. Judy Pierman has served on the North Palm Beach Village Council for two years. - Judy Pierman making sure her children got the best education was so important to Judy Pierman that she started her own preschool — two of them in fact. That was A- efore Pierman and her family moved to Florida from Ohio. Since then, as a teach - c -1 at North Palm Beach Private School, Pierman has done her best to see that hundreds of chil- dren get a decent education. And it has been a learning experience for her, too. "Working with children is de- lightful," she said. "You look at things through fresh eyes, fresh ears. I think we can learn through them as they do through us." However, Pier man's day does not stop when school's out.. She spends much of her time at North Palm Beach Village Hall as a member of the Village Council. In her second year in of f ice, Pierman has already achieved the position of president pro -tem. She has no. opposition in her bid for another council term March 8. Pierman is also program vice president for the Florida branch of the American Association of University Women, an organiza- tion made up of women who have graduated from a college or uni- versity. She is also a calligrapher and has done work on school diplo- mas. Pierman lives in North Palm Beach with her husband, Jerry, and son, Jason, 10. Her daughter, Jana, is a school teacher in Ohio and her son, Joseph., is a f resh- man at Wake Forest University. Their's is a close-knit family. To Judy Pierman, her family is the basis for all her accomplish- ments. Personal: Married with three children. Birthplace: West Leipsic, Ohio. Car: 1985 Ford Van. The best thing about North Palm Beach: It's a wonderful place to bring up children, won- derf ul place to stay of ter the chil- dren have grown up. It's my home. The worst thing about North Palm Beach: Not Bing able to take advantage ofFeverything to do. My greatest asset: Caring. My greatest weakness: Do -