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Celebrating 45 Years
February 2020
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New Horizons old • er 74 adul ts since 19
A publication of the Eastern Nebraska Offce on Aging
VOL. 45 • NO. 2
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Photo courtesy of The Omaha World-Herald.
Rudy Smith was an Omaha World-Herald photographer for 45 years before retiring in 2008. Rudy died in December 2019 at age 74 after battling cancer. His book, The Black Experience: Through the Lens of Rudy Smith – a collection of Smith’s images – is being released this month. Llana Smith, Rudy’s wife of 52 years, is a second-generation gospel playwright. Leo Adam Biga tells this amazing couple’s story beginning on page 8.
PART Gordon Cantiello is the founder and artistic director of Omaha’s Performing Artists Repertory Theatre located inside the Crossroads Mall. See page 5.
DC’s property man Since 2002, Jerry Leahy has kept a watchful eye over area buildings and land as Douglas County’s Director of Public Properties. See page 12.