Sunday, November 14, 2010

Farming shaped Gibbs’ experience, philosophies

Nov. 14, 2010, Coshocton Tribune

BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com

NASHVILLE, Ohio — Just past Nashville’s one traffic light is a deli that doubles as the town’s coffee shop and meeting place.

Pizza is served as early as 10 a.m., and patrons sit on vinyl chairs and eat off red-painted tables. In the back, a wall is lined with photos of locals with their deer kill.

Southeast Ohio’s next congressman pulled up Monday and tossed one of the last “Bob Gibbs for Congress” signs into his white pickup. Dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt, he greeted the clerk and two customers by name. They congratulated him on beating the incumbent. They asked about his wife.

For Gibbs, Washington will be a different universe from Holmes County, which he has called home for 35 years.

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