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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." ARTHRITIS & TOTAL JOINT SPECIALISTS GEORGIA'S LEADER IN JOINT REPLACEMENT At Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists, we deliver treatment for those suffering from chronic joint pain due to arthritis or other conditions. Our physicians are board-certified experts and leaders in joint replacement, and offer the latest in minimally- invasive surgery, including anterior hip replacement and robotic knee surgery to return you to activity. 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