`holiday Heroes' Come Through For The Needy 
Workers At Hospitals, Soup Kitchens, Shelters And Help Lines Give The Gift Of 
Caring On Christmas Day

250 Lose Jobs As Resort Closes 
Mountain Laurel, In White Haven, 
Was Unable To Reach A Mortgage 
Repayment Schedule With Mellon Bank, 
A Spokesman For The Operator Says

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List of donors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 We thank the following contributors to the Book of Dreams: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Operation Santa Claus, Tobyhanna, in memory of John Stuchus; Leonard and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Kathleen Porambo, Tamaqua, in memory of Susan Hinterlieter; Charles and
Leah &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Kappler, Dallas; Mark and Mary Beth Contreras; Daniel and Janet Frascella, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wilkes-Barre; Mike Tomalis and Colleen Reed-Tomalis, Dallas; Jane Webster, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wapwallopen, in memory of Walter Webster; the Dymond family, Harveys Lake,
in memory of Celeste Dymond; Flynn family, Dallas, in memory of Dr. Dorothy
Flynn; Obrzut family, West Pittston, in memory of Jean Obrzut; Kopcho family,
Wilkes-Barre, in memory of John Kopcho; Jean Phillips, Wanamie; Jesse James
Van Orden, Wilkes-Barre; Megan, Nick, and Erin, Plains Twp., in memory of
Kristen; Tom and Noreen Clark, in honor of Melissa; Leslie, Caroline, and Hal
Bloss, Wilkes-Barre; Scott Dustman, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of Bea; Albert N.
Danoff, Kingston; Mission Committee, Second Presbyterian Church, Pittston;
Martin Womelsdorf, Nanticoke; Kevin and Rebecca Mooney, Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Haduck, Duryea; Dorothy Funke, Wilkes-Barre; Joan Fumanti,
Mountaintop; Genevieve Katch, Edwardsville; Mary Jo Zdziarski, Shickshinny, in
memory of Charlotte Oley; Spinucia, Sugar Notch; Heather Cave, Shavertown,
Kingston Twp., in memory of Rhoda Thomas; Doris Yeager, Mountaintop; Mary
Potera, Kingston; Friends of John Heinz, Hazleton, in memory of Susan
Hentuleita; Ron and Debbie Danko, Dallas; Elaine and Ron Moran, Dallas; Joseph
Shaver, Wyoming; Melanie V. Hanadel and Leonard Nardozzo, Nanticoke; Pat
Potera, Dupont, in memory of Ted Potera; Jim Lehman, Dallas, in memory of
Donna Lehman; Tim and Loretta Reese, Dallas; Anna Stegura, Pittston; A. Jennie
Hill, Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; Dr. and Mrs. Louis Freedman, Kingston; Al
Mikina, Swoyersville, in memory of Margaret Mikina; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Doris E. Colbenson, Tunkhannock; Wyoming Valley Health Care System IV Team,
Kingston; Ruth Morris, Kingston, in memory of husband Sheldon B. Morris;
Phyllis Cravetta and family, Plains Twp., in memory of Joseph L. Cravetta; the
Newirth family, Kingston; Ethel Danilla, Dupont; Mrs. William Berryman,
Kingston, in memory of husband William D. Berryman; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ellis,
Wilkes-Barre, in memory of Leo Ellis Sr., and Leonard Zawatski; Harold and
Phyllis Landau, Kingston; Victoria Kamionka, Nanticoke; Mr. and Mrs. Justin
Bergman Jr., Wyoming; Mrs. Jean Jones, Plymouth, in memory of John S. Jones;
Marshall Rumbaugh, Dallas; Norman T. Morris, Mocanaqua; attorney Fred A.
Pierantoni, III, Pittston; Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Habib, Lake Harmony, in
memory of Anthony Habib and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sudol; John Wickiser; Margaret
and Gene Pelcaar, Shickshinny; Mack Zavislak, Trucksville, Kingston Twp.; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mrs. William James, Kingston, in memory of husband Mr. William F. James;
Ethel Trimas, Wilkes-Barre; Mary Vodzack, Pittston; Lee and Frankie Holland,
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Wanda Urban, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parente, Exeter;
Ruth E. Field, Noxen, in memory of sister Mariel Lutes; Mark and Ellen Polin,
Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; Mrs. Michael L. Pesta, West Wyoming; Robert Chase,
Tunkhannock; Natalie Lidz, Kingston; Bernard and Bernadette Slusarz,
Mountaintop; Law Offices of Meyer &amp; Swatkowski, Kingston; Zaprazny Family,
Mountaintop; Barbara and Gene Tokach, Mountaintop; Cathy and Bill Price,
Kingston; Joe and Jackie Gallagher, Mountaintop; Farah Sanchez, Hazleton; Ed
and Joan Kaminski, Buttonwood; Concerned Citizens of Pittston Township; Adele
Lippi, Exeter, in memory of deceased Lippi family; Helen R. Williams, Dallas,
in memory of Wilmer L. Williams; Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lyons, Kingston, in
memory of Levi and Ruth Houser; Frank Bartosiewicz, Pittston; Rhoda and Steve
Tillman, Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; James F. Laverdi, Pittston, in memory of
daughter Brenda Lee; Ellen Tyler, Brooktondale, N.Y., in memory of Carl J.
Long of Wyalusing; J.M. West, Edwardsville; Walter C. Zuba, Edwardsville, in
memory of Victor Zuba; Arno and Donna Miller, Dallas; Mrs. Alice Lewis, Plains
Twp., in memory of Michael Lewis Sr.; Margaret Sinclair, Wilkes-Barre, in
memory of James B. Sinclair; Carolyn Traflia, Exeter, in memory of Peter
Scatena; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Castellani, Exeter; R.A. Driesbach, Tunkhannock;
Edward Karpowicz, Nanticoke; Scherer Family, Wyoming, in memory of Jeanette
Endza; Roz Smulowitz, Kingston; Bill and Kim Buerger, Hunlock Creek, Hunlock
Twp.; Frank A. Eisenstein, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of Frank Ricci; Matilda
Moreck, Courtdale; Mr. and Mrs. B. Fleig, Wilkes-Barre; Joe Rodriguez,
Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; Helen Poole, Wilkes-Barre, in honor of Susanne
Vikara; Kristen and B.J. Barrowclough, Rock Hill, S.C., in memory of Kerry
O'Neill; Megan Konder, Kingston; John Navalany, Dupont; Wyoming Valley
Sanitary Authority, Wilkes-Barre; Michele J. Gerherd, Weatherly; Bonomo
Trucking, Yatesville; Mary Yonki, Pittston; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gruver,
Luzerne; Elsie Miller, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of Jack Miller; Barry Adelman,
Dallas; Helen J. Walsh, Kingston; Carl Crocker, Trucksville, Kingston Twp.;
Charles Trotta and Marianne Sauter, Pittston, in honor of every child; Joseph
Shinsky, Pittston; Irene Bobeck, Dallas, in memory of Charles and Louis
Bobeck; Marion Chaplick, Wilkes-Barre; Martini Zavislak, Trucksville, Kingston
Twp.; Irene Miller, Mountain Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Huttenstine, Nanticoke,
in memory of Amy Hewitt; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gelso, Dallas, in memory of
Edward Devine; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glawe, Hanover Twp.; Michele Tyburski,
Wilkes-Barre; Jeff Pierontoni, Nanticoke; Rose M. Sergi-Kline, Dallas, in
honor of the Sergi-Kline family; Helen Sgarlet, Harveys Lake, in memory of
Susan Hinterleitor; Mrs. Lottie Olsheski, Duryea, in memory of David Olsheski;
Fred G. Harpersberger, Wilkes-Barre; Joseph E. Yanora, in memory of Ryan La
Borino, Timmy Brown, and Carmen Yanora; Ms. Saralee Colson, Trucksville,
Kingston Twp., in memory of Chester E. Colson and Ruth Hope Cohen; Mr. and
Mrs. James Mack, Kingston; Christian Mothers and Men Conf. Society, Wanamie;
David W. Bell, Tunkhannock; Emily Noveral, Wilkes-Barre; John O'Leary,
Pringle; Charles Ferguson, Tunkhannock; Nicole and Kristen Matrunich, Hudson,
Plains Twp., in memory of Mary Januszko; Shirley Gordon, Wilkes-Barre, in
memory of Brian Gordon; Douglas Knorr, Kingston; Mr. and Mrs. John Lucernoni,
Hudson, Plains Twp., in memory of Richard Lucernoni; George Yalch, Sheatown,
in memory of M./P. Yalch; Margaret and Joseph Buckley, Mountaintop; Jane and
John Bourke, Trucksville, Kingston Twp., in memory of Mary Bourke; Thomas and
Eileen Gilmore, Laflin, in memory of Carol Bartholomew; Myra and Stanley
Smulyan, Kingston; Dorothy Musial, Plymouth; Mary G. Yarashus, Pottsville;
Kendra Cosgrove, Dallas, in memory of Andy Doerfler and Dorothy Cosgrove;
Animal Buddies, Wilkes-Barre Twp.; Joan and Al Morena, Mountaintop; Gerald E.
Bennett, Tunkhannock; Iris Kopco, Nanticoke; Dirk R. Macierowski, Shickshinny;
Edward Potkonski, Sweet Valley, Ross Twp., in memory of Louis Potkonski;
George and Marion Czar, Pittston; John J. Mooney, Kingston; Ms. Luella
Grieshaber, Wyoming; Mr. and Mrs. John Fosko, Plains; Marilyn and Paul
Solomon, Kingston; Lynn and Molly Baltimore, Kingston; Albert and Andrea
Robinson, Laceyville, in memory of Elizabeth Thomas; St. Michael's School for
Boys, Tunkhannock; Sue Y. Oh, Dallas; George and Doris Renoe, Wilkes-Barre;
Wolcott, Duryea, in memory of Jean Ann Rouse; Bryski, Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Menichelli, Pittston; Helen Lutkoski, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of
William Gutkoski; Minnie Mazzoni, Mocanaqua; Frank and Dolores Krasnavage,
Wilkes-Barre; Vengien, Plymouth; Robert Napkori, Wilkes-Barre; Karin and Jack
Powell, Swoyersville; Irene Pucci, Sweet Valley, Ross Twp.; Ricky and
Maryellen Aton, Mountaintop; Frank and Beth Velde and sons, Dallas, in memory
of Fay Burns and F.J. Velde; Nachlis Furniture, Plains Twp.; Stiaccini,
Pittston; James Welch, Dallas; Allisia Gennetts and Dan McDonough,
Mountaintop, in honor of Jay and Summer Neyhart; Leslie M. Horoshko, Dallas;
Medical Oncology Associates, Kingston, in memory of Debbie Costello; Kathryn
B. Kapuschinsky, West Hazleton; Jane Krell, West Hazleton; Lillian Cussatt,
Hazleton; Anita and John Grohowski Jr., Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; Marsha
Eaton, Wyalusing; Catherine Lake, Pittston, in memory of Martin Lake; Frani
Fumanti, Exeter, in memory of Frances Wright; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J.
Chisarick, Swoyersville, in memory of David Chisarick; Susan Mylet,
Wapwallopen; Mrs. A. Stern, Kingston; Nicole Hvozdovic, Mountaintop, in memory
of Anna Balut; Hughestown Lions Club; Richard and Joyce Gavlick, Swoyersville;
Jeanne Randall, Pittston; Guaranty Bank Employees, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of
the Haskeu Family; Studio One Sweet Sensation dance group, Pittston; Jack and
Judith Minsavage, Nanticoke; Rosemary A. Sigmand, Luzerne; The Second Grade of
St. Mary's Assumption, Pittston; Katelyn Murphy-McCarthy, Atlanta, Ga.; Ed
Gryskevicz, Trucksville, Kingston Twp.; Ms. June T. Patrick, Mountaintop;
Edward S. Zukauskas, Exeter; John P. Sickler, Wilkes-Barre, in memory of John
L. Sickler; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zinkavich, Duryea; Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Stankoski, West Pittston; Nicole Matrunich, Hudson, Plains Twp.; Terri Nowak,
Kingston, in memory of Carl Nowak; Holy Cross Episcopal Church Men and Women,
Wilkes-Barre; Joseph and Daniel Fluegel Jr., Wilkes-Barre, in memory of Joseph
J. Fluegel; Luther Jones, Douglassville; Gayle Allen, Forty Fort; Lillian
Tosi, Tosi's Hair Replacement, Exeter; Zelda Charnow, Wilkes-Barre; J. Parry,
West Pittston, in memory of Grace Parry; Larry and Robin Brosh, Mountaintop;
Clients of Fendler and Associates, Kingston; Ronald Biernacki, Mountaintop;
Simms Auto Service, Wilkes-Barre; Attorney and Mrs. Michael J. Bendick,
Shavertown, Kingston Twp.; Wyoming Valley West Girls Swim Team; M.B. Kenny
McHale, Forty Fort, in memory of John T. McHale; Robert Burger, Wilkes-Barre,
in honor of Katrina Burger; Wyalusing Elementary School. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 This list reflects contributions through Dec. 24. We plan to publish the
names of any other donors after the holidays. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

List Of Donors 
We Thank The Following Contributors To The Book Of Dreams: 
Operation Santa Claus, Tobyhanna, In Memory Of John Stuchus; Leonard And 
Kathleen Porambo, Tamaqua, In Memory Of Susan Hinterlieter; Charles And Leah 
Kappler, Dallas; Mark And Mary Beth Contreras; Daniel And Janet Frascella, 
Wilkes-barre; Mike Tomalis And Colleen Reed-tomalis, Dallas; Jane Webster, 
Wapwallopen, In Memory Of Walter Webster; The Dymond Family, Harveys Lake, In