FREDERICK HAYES

I go by "RICK" thank God. I do not feel comfortable with Fred. I hope my visitors know a little about me [ VANITY ] . Simply, I am a former boy of the Great Northwest, with Seattle and its' Suburbs being my basic local as a U of W student from the small logging town of Chehalis where my father was originally a small town Lawyer known for his kindness and generosity to the local Community. He also supported the local watering holes, I guess in developing a core client base , and later, a prominent Plaintiff Trial Lawyer 'practicing' in Tacoma and Seattle as a Partner in a large Corporate Firm. As my Father was going through his transition from 'small time' to the 'Big Time' , I was doing the same as a scholastic scholarship student from W.F. West High School and a town of 5,00 residents, to the 35,000 Students of the University of Washington and the enormous Emarald City of Seattle. I was not only facing the overwhelming challenge of surviving as a Student in this unfamiliar environment of competitive academic life, I was being exposed to the life and atmosphere of BIG TIME athletics as a Freshman Football Player in Major College Athletics as a University of Washington Football Player. One must realise the enormity of this situation on a 'SHY' small town boy thrown into the spinning wheel Circus of being a Washington Husky Football Member in the two - sport town of Seattle, Washington - The Seattle Super Sonics and Jim Owens' Husky Football. There were no Seattle Seahawks or Seattle Mariners. I guess I should include the Seattle Sounders, although I am unsure why. Coach Jim Owens was held in awe by the whole City of Seattle. It was 'stated' that he walked to work from his home on Lake Washington to the Lakeside U of W Tubby Graves Building, which was visible from his corner office and over 2 miles of gorgeous rolling wakes of water. Remember he walked directly to work, and few players doubted the Story. Meeting the man as a Player made your knees wiggle and your mouth stutter. You had seen God or Adonis - his handshake devoured my Hand and Arm. The man was a beautifull specimen of the Human Male. 6'5" and 230 lbs. In statuesque form and shape, dressed perfectly for the occasion, and for many women, I would suspect, irresistable. I guess he was my first celebrity meeting. The only other ironic comparison that I can recall, is meeting Muhamad Ali, who I had randomly met while I was at the Seattle Airport late at night many years later. I have met ma