Ludington Avenue wakes in stages: bakery lights first, then the shop windows, then cars angling into the spaces along the storefronts. When it has snowed overnight, all of that depends on somebody having been out for hours already. CIS handles the snow — plowing lots and drives, opening entrances and walks, treating the ice that forms when damp air off the lake meets cold concrete. The measure of the job is that the first customer of the morning walks in without slowing down. Snow work for Ludington, Scottville and the surrounding Mason County area.