Mill Creek runs cool through the low ground on the edge of town, and on a summer dawn the whole valley is quiet except for birds and the first mower of the day. Cochran's Lawn Care starts about then. The route is mowing, edging, trimming and blowing, done in order and done all the way to the property line, week in and week out. Fall brings leaves off the big hardwoods and spring brings a cleanup of everything winter dropped, and in between the grass simply gets kept. Around Dalton a yard is the first thing anybody sees, and there is quiet pride in leaving one that looks cared for by the time the sun is full up.