HERITAGE Foundation work fire safety measures in plans Renovations on tap for temple in 10 BY AMANDA PERSICO The Sharon Temple is starting the new year with a new face Through the infrastructure grant program the national historic site received 600000 from the federal government Together with contributions from the town of East Gwillim- bury Sharon landowners and various fund- raising efforts the temple raised an additional That money will go toward strengthening the temples foundation fixing the slanted door sills and installing fire safety measures These problems have been developing over the last decade museum curator John Mclntyre said We were very close to an emergency situation This past summer there was an archeo- logical dig at the temple to see the condition of the bearings and the foundation The foundation and the underpinnings are not sound Mr Mclntyre said That means the rest of the building is not sound The wooden sills that sit on the foundation have shifted causing a slant or bulge in the wood floor near the east and south doors The slant is so bad the south door cannot open Mr Mclntyre said The temple is also looking at installing a fire suppression system such as a water For more information or to donate to the Sharon Temple visit sharontempleca sprinkler or a chemical system as well as alarms and a monitoring system The goal is to reduce the buildings vulner ability to that type of disaster Mr Mclntyre said The projects must be completed by the end of 2010 as per the condition of the infra structure grant The government gets more applications than it has funds Mr Mclntyre said This shows the government has faith in us and recognizes the temples importance Although a national historic site the Sha ron Temple does not receive regular funding Mr Mclntyre added This year the temple raised more during the inaugural illumination raffle for a trip to Paris The temple plans to do the same thing next year with a different trip location Despite the 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