By late August in Astoria the heat sits heavy until evening, and then the cicadas take over the gravel roads. Vancy Lawn Maintenance handles the mowing, string trimming and edging that keep a place looking sharp through a west-central Illinois summer, with leaf cleanup once the season turns. Yards here run wide and open, more than a push mower much wants to take on. There is pride in handing one back with the fence line trimmed close and the shadow of the grain elevator falling long across grass that was just cut. That difference reads from the street, even at a drive-by pace.