 2014 scholarship winners     samantha ward   kathleen maher   renee paaape    1000 scholarship recipient    750 scholarship recipient    500 scholarship recipient   bath high school lansing catholic central   bath high school  high school   click on the scholarship winners name to read their essay and a list of their achievements   for a fifth year the clinton county republican party awarded three scholarship to clinton county seniors who will be attending college or a trade school in the fall of 2014 this year we offered 1000 750 and 500 scholarships to the 1st 2nd and 3rd place entrants that submitted applications for the scholarship for clinton county graduating seniors we feel the awarding of the scholarships is just one way we can encourage our young people to have a better understanding of the foundational truths our government was founded upon and to make the graduates more aware of their responsibilities as voting citizens of our country the scholarship award recipients were determined based on an essay written by the applicant their gpa school activities community service and letter of recommendation the scholarship awards were issued to the individuals at either their school rsquo s awards ceremony or at the annual clinton county republican party bbq to be held on july 24 2014 in bath township the essay question was as follows   in an effort to keep the federal government from becoming too powerful the 10th amendment to the constitution was designed to provide powers reserved to the states it in essence is a guarantee of states rsquo rights as it limits governmental powers to those specifically noted in the constitution the 10th amendment states   the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people   since the enactment of this amendment there have been numerous issues concerning the limits of the federal government versus the rights of the state select a current controversial issue on this matter and write an essay your essay should include in your own words an explanation of the 10th amendment and must also be presented as an argument for either the state or the federal government rsquo s position 