The Daily Reporter
Christine Delaney was recently awarded the Elizabeth Powelson Award for Career Achievement by Altrusa International District Five.
Delaney was honored for her work as executive director of Tibbits Opera House for the past 19 years. She has taken the theater to great heights and is receiving national recognition, according to Altrusa.
She oversees Tibbits operations, fundraising, programming and preservation of the historic theater. Tibbits, built in 1882, it is the second-oldest operating theater in Michigan.
Delaney led the organization through a $3.5 million capital campaign and three phases of restoratio,n including an award-winning restoration of the theater’s historic exterior.
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From staff reportsJennifer Searls is the newest member of the Branch County Community Foundation board of directors.Searls has been a member of the Union City community for 45 years. She and her husband, Steve, raised four children north of town before moving into the village six years ago.A graduate of Spring Arbor University, with a bachelor degree in education and a masters in counseling, Searls was a teacher in Union City for 19 years before joining the Branch Intermediate School District