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More than 70 vehicles of all makes and models filled the parking lot around the Clinton County Courthouse Saturday afternoon as the “Cruzin’ on the Square” made it’s debut in Albany.

In Thursday, August 26, 2010 issue “Cruzin’ on the Square” made a large first appearance in Clinton County as cars from all over filled the streets around the courthouse.

More than 70 entries were on hand Saturday, August 21, 2010, as the event made it’s debut.

Local car enthusiast Anthony Flowers headed up the event and said it was a great time for everybody who came out.

“We had a good turnout,” Flowers said. “Everybody seemed to have a good time. We had some good food and some door prizes.”

Flowers said the event was sponsored by several local businesses, including A New U, Advanced Auto Parts, Albany Auto Color, Albany Plumbing & Electric, 4 Friends Deli, Bill’s Barber Shop and Dyer Drug Co.

Also included in sponsoring the event was 76 Falls Country Club, Scarlet Latham, Super City Mart, Shell, Steve Burchett from Advanced Auto Parts and Hunter Shearer BBQ.

“We are going to try and get one more in before it gets cold weather,” Flowers said. “We don’t know if it will be next month or not, but we’ve got to try and get together and see what we can do.

We have a little money now to work with to add some more door prizes and such. That keeps everybody interested. It worked out pretty good.”

Despite having rain in the forecast for Saturday, Flowers said he was a little worried about the conditions that morning.

“I looked outside that morning and I didn’t think it was going to be good,” Flowers said. “I was worried about it. It turned out it was cool and very nice. Hunter Shearer for sure helped us a bunch. Everybody likes his barbeque pretty good.”


Flowers said his love for cars has influenced his life for many years.

“I’ve fooled with cars all my life with my brother, my dad and all my friends ... there is a lot of these type of things going on in other towns and we thought Albany needed something like that,” Flowers said. “It’s a good atmosphere and everybody kind of wants to see everybody to talk about their cars. Albany has got a lot of old cars. People just needed a place to go.”

“Cruzin’ on the Square” is not a competition. The cars were not judged during the event. Flowers said it was just a way to get car enthusiast together.

“I don’t want to judge someone’s car over anybody else,” Flowers said. “It was just a way to get everybody together. We are just trying to get something brought back to the square ... bring back the town a little.”

Flowers said he wanted to do one more event this year and his plans are to have a “Cruzin’ on the Square” during every month next year.