 clinton county republicans announce 2014 scholarship opportunities for a fourth year the clinton county republican party ccrp announced today the opportunity for area collegebound student rsquo s to win one of three scholarships the scholarship opportunities are open to all senior high school and home school students who live within clinton county and who will be attending college or a trade school in the ensuing year in order to qualify for consideration to win the scholarships students will be required to write and submit an essay on a question regarding the united states constitution winners will be selected based primarily on their essays but consideration will also be given to the student s gpas extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation scholarship awards will be presented to the top three winners 100000 for 1st place 75000 for 2nd place and 50000 for 3rd place to help them pay for college costs the ccrp designed the scholarships to help deserving students and to give back to the community in a meaningful way the purpose of these scholarships is to help students pay for the high cost of going to college and to let our young people know that it is essential that they participate in the political process regardless of their political beliefs said steve willis chairman of the ccrp these days whenever someone hears the word politics it is in a negative sense said willis hopefully these scholarships which are open to anyone who lives in clinton county will show young people that politics can be a positive force in the community said willis the deadline for submitting the essay and supporting materials is april 5 2014 a selection committee will judge and score each essay as well as the students supporting accomplishments in order to determine the winners for more information contact mike wagner at michaelwagner bakeredu or go to http wwwclintoncountygoporg content 2014ccrpscholarships  to download an application application materials will also be available in the guidance counselors offices of the fifteen schools servicing clinton county students as well as the homeschoolers website  clinton county 2013g  