There is a morning every spring in Adel when the whole county seems to crank an engine at once, and the smell of cut grass is back for good. Stone's Outdoor Power Center takes that season on with mowing, trimming, edging and a clearing-out of everything winter left in the beds and along the walks. Sharp passes are half of it; showing up on the same day each week is the other half. Cook County's sandy ground drains fast after a storm, which means the mowing window opens here sooner than it does most places. From the streets in town out to the places on the county roads, the work follows the same order and ends the same way — clean.