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September 2017
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boatingonthehudson.com
by
John H. Vargo, Publisher
When Ethan Orsino was 9 years old he
began dragging small outboards from
the storage rooms out into the Coeymans
Landing Marine Services shop!
His uncle Carl Senter and Jim Costello
co owners of the repair facility, Coeymans
Landing Marine Services, Inc. were
constantly questioned by Ethan as to how
this or that worked. Today at age 13 and
with the help of another employee Sean
Allan, he is fast becoming a serious student
of everything mechanical.
This is a shining example
of adults supporting the
curiosity of a child and that
turning into a vocation that
probably will last a lifetime.
Does anyone know of other
children who ask questions?
Are you giving themanswers?
This is where it is at, and
used to be the basis for all
children’s future, today, I don’t
know, I just don’t know.
Curiosity:
“The desire to learn or know about anything; Inquisitiveness.”
Sean Allen on left and Ethan Orsino age 13 on right, getting a 3hp outboard running again.