Yards along Lake Sara slope down toward the water, and mowing them is a matter of working with the grade instead of fighting it. Lakeside Service handles that kind of cutting around Effingham, with mowing, trimming, edging and the cleanups that bracket an Illinois season. Wind crosses open water with nothing to slow it, so by late October the leaves pile in the lee of every deck, shed and hedge. Getting them out is an afternoon in itself. A lawn that runs clean all the way to the shoreline is worth the extra passes it takes.