Dave Shampine is retired from a forty-two-year career with the Watertown Daily Times in Watertown, New York. During that time, he covered countless local events as well as wrote a history column. He is the author of "Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By" (2009); "Colorful Characters of Northern New York: Northern Lights" (2010); and "The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained By Her Blood" (2010).