Much of winter's real work in Niles happens at three in the morning, when Milwaukee Avenue is nothing but salt haze and streetlight and the wind has come a long way to get here. Amazing Snow Removing runs plows through driveways and parking lots, clears walks and steps by hand, and spreads salt where ice would otherwise set up by daybreak. An Alberta clipper can drop its load fast and leave the village white and silent, which is exactly when an open apron matters most. There is a plain pride in the moment a homeowner opens the door at six and finds the drive already black and dry. The plow keeps moving; the town wakes up able to go.