By late June the backyards over near the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center fill up with folding chairs, cookout smoke and kids running the fence line, and a lawn has to be ready for all of it. Happy Grass Lawn Service keeps East St. Louis yards cut, trimmed and tidy so a Saturday can just happen without anybody thinking about the grass. Nothing complicated in the method — mow it even, run the string trimmer along the fence and the shed, clear the drive, leave it barefoot-ready. This bottom soil grows thick, generous turf that rewards anyone who cuts on a rhythm instead of a rescue mission. The same care goes to East St. Louis and the towns next door, week in and week out.