Shirley Stocker - From Powderpuff Racer to Crimestopper

David Ingram and Richard Pitt have known Shirley Stocker for many years. In this almost 3 hour interview, we learn where she came from and how she ended up one of Vancouver's most valuable assets in terms of her work with Crimestoppers, CKNW Orphans Fund, Variety Telethon and a host of other agencies and positions.

From an initial position with the CBC in Ontario doing "Hog Reports," Shirley came to Vancouver on a sunny Spring day to do a talk and fell in love with the West Coast.

Individual Segments:

• Introduction and Shirley's (late) dinner, cooked by David Some history on Crimestoppers and how the calls are handled
• The start of Crimestoppers in BC. More on the way the system works
• Continuation of where Crimestoppers information goes once the tip is given. More on Shirley's background and current activities including being a stock-car racer.
• Shirley was one of the researchers on Don Nixdorf and Gary Bannerman's Squandering Billions book
• The "Five ring circus" and Shirley's employers' dealing with the expected traffic problems when the Olympics finally start.
• Bureaucracy and Shirley Stocker - some of the things that bug her about taxation and such. Shirley and Gary Bannerman were up against Jack Webster in the morning radio arena. Some interesting stories of that time.
• Shirley's children and how their careers are progressing. Music in the morning. The beginning of CKNW Orphans Fund
• More on CKNW Orphans Fund and the work that it does. Helping families with purchases of medically necessary equipment that government does not cover. Education and special schooling. The beginning of getting Vancouver its new convention center prior to Expo '86.
• More on getting the Vancouver Trade and Convention Center funded by Federal and Provincial governments. The beginning of Shirley's broadcast career.
• From doing accounting at the CBC in Ottawa, Shirley ended up doing the Farm "Hog" Report as a fill-in, then took over. The discussion turns to the renewal of the RCMP contract for police force in BC. 
• Continuation of discussion on provincial and/or municipal police instead of RCMP
• Discussion of Kash Heed's change from being for municipal police force to now where he is moving to renew the RCMP
• Lead in to the coming call with Jennifer Wade regarding John Graham. The conversation turns to motorcycling as Shirley is an avid rider.
• Continuation of motorcycling and in to Shirley's recent motorcycle trip around Europe and a discussion of Israel
• Israel continued and on to Shirley's favourite radio show guest, Bob Hope. Vanilla ice cream in the morning.
• How Shirley ended up in BC after starting her broadcast career in Ontario. Discussion of CBC and their ways of doing shows
• Shirley stayed on while David talked to Jennifer Wade about John Graham