Van Buren wakes along the Arkansas River with the brick storefronts of Main Street catching first light and the Ozark foothills standing blue behind town. Spring is quick and green here, and Lawn Kings is out the moment the ground firms up — first mow of the year, edges re-cut along drives and sidewalks, winter's litter cleared from under the shrubs. Yards on the hill slopes get worked with the grade rather than against it, so the cut stays even from the street to the back fence. A trimmed line where lawn meets concrete is a small thing that makes a whole property look right. By June the routes run like clockwork and the town is bright the length of it.