Clint Elliot is an outgoing young man who is passionate about music. He recalls that growing up in Christian Valley and Westbridge there weren’t many kids. “There was not much to do so you have to keep yourself busy so the instrument was a good way to do that,” he explains. “I dedicated a lot of spare time to that.”
His short-term goal over the summer is to work as much as possible, hang out with his friends before they leave for school or he moves away, and to pursue his love of music and the album he and guitarist Christian Beck are working on.
Clint says he isn’t planning on attending post secondary this fall. “I’d like to have money before I do that.” So he will be working at the Kettle Valley Golf Course this summer – his second season there.
After the golf season ends he plans to find other work – either up north or maybe logging with his dad. His long-term goals are to be happy and have a good career. “I just want to enjoy what I am doing.”
When asked what job would make him happy enough to be able to do the job and not necessarily worry about the money he immediately replied, “Play music. There’s not a lot of money for bands coming up but if I were playing music I wouldn’t care about money. All I care about is music.” Clint, fellow grad Christian Beck and pianist Christina Currell provided the music for the BCSS production of Grease last December.
When asked about his favourite courses aside from music he named English and history. “I liked math until Grade 11, then it got really hard so I’m not a big fan anymore.” That coming from someone who has been an honour role student from grade eight to the present.
He’s an athlete, having played hockey since he was four. He was planning to play professionally until he tore his ACL. He says he plans to always play hockey though.
Clint loves fly-fishing and hiking. “I’ve got an old, old rod from this old guy I worked for one time. It’s a really expensive bamboo one and me and that rod have seen time together on that river- I’ll tell you that.”
Clint will graduate with the full complement of 15 certifications available to those who complete the Fire Suppression Course in May.
He realizes the value of having a good job though. In his grad transitions file he wrote, “Financially I struggled until my parents made me get a job which definitely made me happy and comfortable.”