Only a narrow channel of open water near the distant bank of the Kanawha River visible on Friday, January 24th.

Editor’s Note:
The scene of a narrow channel of open water on the Kanawha River at the Winfield Bridge on Friday, January 24th, brought to mind a submission by the late Fred McCallister published in the January 9, 2014, issue of the Breeze. Fred recalls a winter in which the Kanawha River was completely frozen over.
His story follows.