Norton Creek runs low and clear through Wayne in August. By January it wears a lid of ice and the fields around it go blank white. JBO Services works both ends of that year — mowing, trimming, and edging while the grass is running, then plowing drives and salting walks once the wind turns. The two halves ask for opposite habits: patience in summer, speed at four in the morning. Either way the measure is the same, a property that looks cared for from the mailbox on. Wayne, St. Charles, Bartlett, and South Elgin are the ground covered.