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economist suntribune in our community saturday nov 9 2002 jjivhsh featuring over 30 vendors with on exciting array of christmas gift ideas date friday november 15 2002 time 900500 pm place markham stouffville hospital auditorium main lobby below the spiral of sharing the cornflower gift shop proceeds to markham stouffville hospital traffic study speed hump petition launched after raymerville fatality by kathleen griffin staff writer a trust fund has been set up in memory of jorge martinez the 14- yearold markham boy fatally struck by a car crossing ray merville drive last friday evening its part of the outpouring of sympathy and support for the martinez family following their sons death and its hoped the fund will help defray the expense of burying jorge in his native peru a memorial mass was held friday at st patricks catholic church after jorge succumbed to critical injuries at sunny- brook health sciences centre last saturday the grade 9 student at brother andre catiiolic high school was on his way to pick up his little sister at a friends house about 530 pm he was walking just east of crandall drive and crossed from the south side of raymerville to the north when he was hit by an eastbound pontiac montana van driven by a 22yearold markham man the york regional police traf fic unit is investigating and still seeking witnesses call 905-881- 1221 ext 7703 if you can help it has been very hard for the family said family friend freddy young they dont have a lot of family here most of their rela tives are in peru but they are very grateful for the support from their friends and the people of markham mr young and another friend hernan castro opened the bank of montreal account in response to many requests from people asking what they could do to help mr young said the need to do something has also prompted longtime raymerville drive resi dent mario damico to start a peti- t i o n demanding the town of markham install speed humps along the straight away east of mccowan road and a fourway stop at the crandall intersection hes gathered close to 450 sig natures so far and expects about 600 by the time hes done residents can call 9052947065 if they are interested in signing the petition ward 4 councillor george mckelvey is submitting the petition to the town clerk monday he said i suspect there is quite a bit of speeding along there mr mckelvey said adding as a result of jorges death hes asked staff for a speed and traffic count in the jorge martinez memorial mass held friday in markham area which will give council some idea of the problems scope but i think its clear we very seriously have to look at doing something there he said installing stop signs can be done within weeks councillor mckelvey noted speed bumps however take more time humps require a modified environmental assessment a waiting period to record objec tions and a resident vote humps are only installed if 60 per cent of residents agree it would be very difficult to get speed humps in less than six months he said raymerville crossing guard gloria trussler stationed at cairns drive knows how dan gerous the area can be drivers speed they dont stop or roll to a stop at stop signs and they make right turns even if im in the middle of the road these are their children im crossing said the 1 1 year veteran she was shocked to learn of jorges death and often escorted his sister marie josee shes writ ten a letter that the administra tion at both st edwards catholic elementary school and raymer woods public school have agreed to send home to parents to raise awareness any bank of montreal branch can accept donations to the jorge martinez jr fund under account number 00028066562 k k