Late May in Pana, and Kitchell Park fills with the smell of cut grass and the long green shadows of afternoon. Dan Kane Landscaping & Lawn Service keeps that same order on lawns all over town, mowing on a steady rotation, trimming close around posts and beds, leaving borders that hold their line for a full week. When the calendar turns and the fields go bare and white, the trucks change over to plowing drives and clearing walks while it is still dark out. Christian County winters do not ask permission, and neither does the work. A yard mown well in June and a drive opened clean in January are two halves of the same promise to a neighbor.