A delegation from parts of Western North Carolina hit hard by flooding from Tropical Storm Helene met last week with local leaders in Kerr County, Texas, which was devastated by severe flash floods July 4 that left 135 people dead, many of them children.
Lake Lure Mayor Carol Pritchett, Asheville City Council Member Maggie Ullman, Marshal Mayor Aaron Haynie and Avery County Commission Vice Chair Dennis Aldridge traveled to Kerrville and other parts of Kerr County during the week of Aug. 11 to offer moral support, express solidarity and share strategies for coping with disaster they learned recovering from Helene, Ullman told the Times-News Aug. 19.
The delegation met with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Kerrville Mayor Pro Tem Brenda Hughes, and Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, according to an Aug. 18 news release from Ullman…