Scottish Club Assumes Responsibility Lease and Statue
GUISACHAN UPDATE
Doreen McGugan, chairman of the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland (left) shared a toast with Joy Viola, President of the Friends of Guisachan,(right) at the 2014 unveiling of the life-size bronze statue of a Golden on historic Guisachan land.
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he Friends of Guisachan have signed over the long-term lease on historic Guisachan land and the Golden Retriever statue thereon to the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland. The transfer required all manner of legal documents “in the Scottish format” to conclude the transfer, but with the signatures of the landlord, Nigel Fraser, The Chairman of the GRCS, Doreen McGugan, and the President and Treasurer of the Friends of Guisachan, Joy Viola and Patricia Lindquist,
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the transfer was concluded making the Scottish Club now responsible for the mandatory liability insurance and the maintenance of the statue and the small garden surrounding it. An ancillary agreement between the Friends of Guisachan and the GRCS covered the transfer of the $10,000 statue endowment fund to cover costs for the immediate future. A bequest from a private donor will augment the fund in due time.
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The statue was funded by the Friends of Guisachan and was unveiled in 2014. It has become a landmark for Golden Retriever visitors and other tourists to the area as well. “The Friends of Guisachan are very proud to memorialize the original birthplace of the
