The Lincoln Highway runs straight through DeKalb, and the town grew alongside it in a grid, block after block of front yards facing the road. Elitelawncare mows those blocks — cutting, trimming close to fences and foundations, edging walks, clearing the season's debris off the turf in spring and again in fall. There is a rhythm to a grid town: finish one street, cross over, start the next. Late afternoon light lies flat across a freshly cut lawn and shows every line you made in it. Getting those lines straight is most of the pride in the work.