Sterling's rooflines still carry the shape of a steel town — square porches, deep eaves, blocks laid out for people who once walked to work. After a night storm all that geometry comes up white and unbroken, and somebody has to cut the first line through it. Boss Roofing - Siding Experts handles snow removal here: plowing drives, opening walks, clearing the path to the door before the day starts. First light on a freshly cleared driveway, steam rising off the pavement while everything around it is still buried — that is the whole argument for getting up at four. Winter in this part of Illinois does not negotiate, so the work goes out to meet it.