HCE Blog

We would like for you to meet this week’s Hometown Hero: Paula Warner!  Every day, Paula’s goal is to place smiles on the faces of people out in her community. It warms her heart! She is always thinking of ways to make someone’s day. In fact, she is already planning some amazing things for families in Longview this upcoming holiday season. “You don’t know the need until you get out in the co...

We would like for you to meet this week’s  Hometown Hero: Helen Thompson! Helen is the head librarian at the Mount Pleasant Public Library. She also spent 32 years in public school classrooms and library. She loves connecting a child or adult with a great book that can change their life. “The library  is the one American institution that is absolutely free and levels the playing field for ev...

We would like for you to meet this week’s Hometown Hero: Priscilla McAnally!  Although she is a California native, Priscilla grew up here in Paris, Texas. “It is a lovely place to live and has some very interesting people,” she says. Here, she made some of the best friends anyone could ever have. Her love of this community grew from all of the lifelong friends she has made while living here....

We would like for you to meet this week’s Hometown Hero: Olivia Secord!  Olivia has been part of our community since July 2011, and she opened her own business, Olivia Secord Agency, LLC, here on June 10, 2019. This is one of her biggest personal accomplishments, despite many hurdles and bullies trying to keep her down.  “I love the closeness of Longview,” Olivia said, “people genuinely car...