A-1 SNOW

About A-1 SNOW

By three in the morning another six inches has come down over Lynn Avenue, and nobody in Altoona has stirred yet. A-1 SNOW is already moving — plows on driveways, walkways opened up, steps shoveled down to the tread, ice melt worked into the shaded corners that stay slick until noon. Winter in this river valley doesn't negotiate; cold pools in the low ground and settles in, and a storm can arrive between supper and midnight without asking. The whole point is a small thing that matters a great deal: a driveway cleared corner to corner before the first alarm clock rings. A-1 SNOW works Altoona and the streets just past it in Eau Claire, Lake Hallie and Fall Creek.