Seven in the morning, US-131 humming a half mile off, and a deck drops into the first pass of the day. Jack's Lawn Service and Snowplowing keeps Byron Center yards mowed, trimmed and edged from April into the last mild week of fall, then turns to plowing driveways and lots and opening walks when Kent County goes white. Summer work is rhythm; winter work is timing, and the difference between a good night and a long one is often twenty minutes. Either way the measure is identical — a straight line where there wasn't one. West Michigan weather never asks permission, so the trucks stay ready.