Fish Creek runs past the old mill walls at Victory with a steady, working sound, the same water that turned this village into what it is. Victory Lawn Care Services keeps the lawns along those streets and out toward the river flats — mowing, trimming, edging, and clearing the beds when the seasons hand over. Spring comes late and wet in this valley, so the first cut is a real event; by high summer the grass along the creek grows twice as fast as the grass on the rise. Autumn brings the leaves down over everything at once, and they get gathered before the frost sets them. A tended lawn suits a village with this much history standing in it.