Some January mornings in Hastings the snow is still coming down while the streetlights are on and the buses are already rolling. The Kid Who Shovels is out in it — walks, front steps, porches and the width of a driveway cleared by hand while most of town is still deciding whether to get up. Hand work reaches the places a plow blade cannot: the mail path, the tight walk between house and garage, the stoop where a slip actually happens. There is a real pride in coming back at the end of a street and seeing every path opened. The rounds cover Hastings and the closest edges of Barry County.