"Welcome to the St. Rose of Lima Bull Roast."
That is how presenter Keith Mills greeted the audience at the 25th annual Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame banquet on Wednesday as he prepared to introduce the County Executive's Award winner.
Mills made that statement somewhat in jest because so many in attendance were regulars at the various fundraisers held by the Catholic Church located in Fourth Street in Brooklyn.
Indeed, more than half the crowd of 300 that came to Wednesday night's induction banquet at Michael's Eighth Avenue was there to support former Brooklyn Park High three-sport athlete Dean Albany and Brooklyn Park Youth Athletic Association founder Jack Conley.