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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, May 2,2018
Good to be cautious when you use that little word ‘but’
The other day, I was
reminded of the importance
of one littie word.
A word with only three
letters but a big impact.
The word is ‘but.’
It wasn’t a word I have
thought much about in a
while but when it was
brought to my attention, I
realized it is a word I need
ed to pay attention to.
This one lithe word may
have been the redheaded
duo’s favorite word.
“Your biscuits were
good,” Granny began, “But,
they were too big.”
“How can a biscuit being
too big be a bad thing?” I
demanded to know.
She looked at me with
disgust. How dare I defy
anything she declared as
fact?
“Because they are. Your
sausage patty is only so big.
What are you going to do
with the leftover biscuit?”
“I make my biscuits for
butter and honey." I said.
She snorted. “Of course
you do. But, normal folks
SUDIE CROUCH
Columnist
like sausage and none of
that vegetarian nonsense.”
I wanted to tell her I
wasn’t even a vegetarian
anymore, but it wouldn’t
have mattered.
“You did good on that
test, but,” -
“I like your new haircut,
but,”-
“Your house looks nice,
but,”-
I have learned to not only
dread but wait for the but.
The but that comes to let
me know that whatever
compliment had been pre
viously given was about to
be taken away.
Granny was famous for
it.
Mama, as kind hearted as
she is, is much more subtie
with her but.
And even though I am
45,1 want Mama’s approv
al.
Some things, she is easy
to please.
Others, she can hold me
to task more than Granny
and would probably
impress the old gal.
Where Granny was criti
cal about cooking, Mama
reserves her negating for
things I do to my hair.
“Your hair is cute,” she
began one day. “But why
did you want to color it
red.”
“I was paying homage to
the crazy redheads in my
family,” I replied.
“Hmmm,” she demurred.
“But, difference is, we are
natural redheads, Kitten.
You are a natural brunette.
Stick with what God gave
you.”
“If that was the case, I
would be bald, Mama. And
so would you.”
She also doesn’t under
stand some of my other life
choices.
“It’s wonderful you went
Restaurant scores
The following are food
service businesses that
were inspected by the
Dawson County
Environmental Health
Department from March 27
through April 16, 2018. A
score of 69 or less is fail
ing.
Visit the Dawson County
Public Health Inspection
Page for a searchable list of
food service scores:
ga.healthinspections.us/
georgia/search.
cfm?county=Dawson
April 18
HACIENDA BAR
AND GRILL
219 Crossroad Blvd.
STE 110, Dawsonville, Ga.
30534
Score: 86, Grade: B
Notes: One-door sand
wich until not keeping time
and temperature control for
safety foods at required 41
degrees or below. Spices
stored in large Lexan con
tainers in dry storage not
labeled with name of the
spice. No test strips avail
able to monitor strength of
solution dispensed for sani
tizing kitchenware/utensils.
Recycle grease container
stored on ground outside
dumpster instead of on a
non-absorbent surface such
as concrete or asphalt, fryer
grease spilled on ground in
front of recycle grease con
tainer and grease accumu
lated on container; all can
attract insects/rodents.
April 19
BLUE RIDGE
BREAD CO.
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
BUCKHEAD GRILL
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
CAFE ESPRESSO-
CARIBOU CO
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
FRESHENS YOGURT
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
MSE HOSPITALITY
DASONVILLE, INC/
MAIN STREET
EATERY FOOD
COURT
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
PEPPER JACK’S
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 95, Grade: A
RICE BOWL
800 Hwy. 400 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
SBARRO MAIN
STREET EATERY
800 Hwy. 40 S.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 94, Grade: A
April 25
FAJITA GRILL
384 Hwy. 53 E.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 85, Grade: B
Notes: Chemical sanitiz
ing dish machine with
strength of sanitizer regis
tering 0 ppm on test strip,
must wash kitchenware/
utensils in dishwasher and
sanitize in three-compart
ment sink with chlorine
bleach until the dish
machine dispenses sanitizer
at its approved strength.
Two-door sandwich cooler
not able to keep or lower
temperature for safety
foods stocked in top or bot
tom at required 41 degrees
or below. Metal hotel pans
of queso in walk-in cooler
filled almost full and
stacked several high cool
ing from previous night at
temperatures of 46 degrees
to 52 degrees, also hotel
pan of pork cooked and
cooled from last night in
walk-in cooler and moved
to two-door upright cooler
with temperature of 45
degrees to 47 degrees; time
and temperature control for
safety foods that are
cooked and are to be
cooled must cool from 135
degrees to 70 degrees with
in two hours and from 135
degrees to 41 degrees with
in a total of six hours.
FAJITA GRILL
MOBILE UNIT
384 Hwy. 53 E.,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534
Score: 96, Grade: A
GREAT AMERICAN
COOKIES/MARBLE
SLAB CREAMERY
145 Forest Blvd. STE
110, Dawsonville, Ga.
30534
Score: 100, Grade: A
R I V E R V I E W
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
370 Dawson Forest Road
W., Dawsonville, Ga.
30534
Score: 100, Grade: A
April 26
K I L O U G H
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
1063 Kilough Church
Road, Dawsonville, Ga.
30534
Score: 100, Grade: A
April 30
BLACK’S MILL
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
1860 Dawson Forest
Road, Dawsonville, Ga.
30534
Score: 99, Grade: A
back to school, but,” - here
it comes - “I don’t know
why you didn’t go to law
school. Probably because I
wanted you to.”
I sighed. It was hard to
endure the huts. I was given
a compliment only to be
followed by something that
completely wiped out the
previous praise.
I cringe when I hear that
word, so I cringe a lot; it’s
said by everyone.
Including myself.
I didn’t notice how much
I said it until I realized how
much I hated it - kind of
ironic, isn’t it?
I would thank my hus
band for doing something
and throw a ‘but’ in there.
Mama would ask me if I
liked whatever she got me,
and I had something to
undercut it.
‘But’ was everywhere.
I wondered how different
our perspective would be if
instead of trying to find
flaw with something, we
just focused on the posi
tives of a situation.
I know when I hear the
but, I immediately antici
pate some criticism com
ing. And after the but is
uttered, I don’t focus on the
things I did right or the
praises; instead, I focus on
the one thing that I did
wrong.
The but is a great big
minus sign, taking away
any good we may have
done and tend to put us on
the defensive.
I decided I needed to try
to limit my huts unless they
were absolutely necessary.
Cole decided to help
clean one day.
I hadn’t asked him, he
just did it because he knew
I had so much to do.
So, he washed the dishes
and folded laundry.
“Mama, I wanted to
help. Did I do it OK?” he
asked when he finished.
The laundry was not
folded the way I like. I have
always had a thing about
how my towels are folded.
I prefer the dishes to be
stacked a certain way to air
dry.
“Yeah, but,” - I caught
myself.
“But what?” he asked.
The minute he heard the
but, his expression fell a lit
tle.
“I don’t have any cash to
give you for helping,” I
said.
He hugged me. “I didn’t
want anything, Mama, I
just wanted to help.”
“You did great,” I said.
And I left the but out of
it.
Sudie Crouch is an award
winning humor columnist
and author of "The
Dahlman Files."
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