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Rider with a cause: Len Cullen, owner Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Whitby, prepares for the 800-mile bicycle trip from Windsor to Quebec City that he and his wife, Connie, are making to raise money for Divinity College at Hamilton's McMaster University. They hope to raise $200,000.
Rider with a cause: Len Cullen, owner Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Whitby, prepares for the 800-mile bicycle trip from Windsor to Quebec City that he and his wife, Connie, are making to raise money for Divinity College at Hamilton's McMaster University. They hope to raise $200,000.

Rider with a cause: Len Cullen, owner Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Whitby, prepares for the 800-mile bicycle trip from Windsor to Quebec City that he and his wife, Connie, are making to raise money for Divinity College at Hamilton's McMaster University. They hope to raise $200,000.

Date4/22/1988
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  • Rider with a cause: Len Cullen, owner Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Whitby, prepares for the 800-mile bicycle trip from Windsor to Quebec City that he and his wife, Connie, are making to raise money for Divinity College at Hamilton's McMaster University. They hope to raise $200,000.
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Guiding spirit behind Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village, a fantasyland just north of Whitby, is Len Cullen, 60, president of Weall and Cullen Nurseries. Each of the buildngs cost an average of $5,000 and there are 600 village 'people'.
Guiding spirit behind Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village, a fantasyland just north of Whitby, is Len Cullen, 60, president of Weall and Cullen Nurseries. Each of the buildngs cost an average of $5,000 and there are 600 village 'people'.
Dunlop, Al
7/11/1985
Silo entrance: Len Cullen, 62, stands in front of Cullen Country Barns, the unique entertainment and retail centre he created in Markham.
Silo entrance: Len Cullen, 62, stands in front of Cullen Country Barns, the unique entertainment and retail centre he created in Markham.
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/11/1987
Len Cullen: A fire early this month did $1 million in damage to Cullen Gardens. But the owner, above, says that when the tourist spot opens, things will almost be back to normal.
Len Cullen: A fire early this month did $1 million in damage to Cullen Gardens. But the owner, above, says that when the tourist spot opens, things will almost be back to normal.
Irish, Paul
2/8/1989
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
8/27/1978
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Griffin, Doug
5/3/1989
Friendly Giant: Owen Hachey is a giant among men in his miniature version of a small Ontario town, built just north of Whitby's downtown.
Friendly Giant: Owen Hachey is a giant among men in his miniature version of a small Ontario town, built just north of Whitby's downtown.
Slaughter, Mike
6/4/1980
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
Darrell, Dick
5/28/1971
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
10/3/1980
Gary Medicine: He came home to the Manitou Rapids reserve to raise his children.
Gary Medicine: He came home to the Manitou Rapids reserve to raise his children.
Mahler, John
7/25/1984
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
Lennon, Frank
5/14/1987
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
Kelly, Frances
9/28/1984
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
Combs, Erin
8/8/1977