Substitute training offered at center

Substitute training offered at center

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Substitute-teacher training will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Columbiana County Educational Service Center, Saltwell Road.

The cost of the training is a $15 nonrefundable fee with a $60 fee for the FBI and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation background check and the cost of licensure. Licensure fees are $25 for one year or $125 for five years.

Background checks can be completed the day of training. Thursday is the deadline for registration.

Participants must bring official college transcripts to the training, and a bachelor’s degree is required. A driver’s license or photo identification and a check for either $25 or $125 made payable to Treasurer, State of Ohio also are required at the training.

Hubbard grad presents research

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Alyssa Johnston, a 2008 graduate of Hubbard High and a biotechnology major at Kent State University’s Honors College, has been asked to present her undergraduate research for her honors senior thesis in March to the National American Chemical Society Meeting in San Diego.

Johnston’s research specifically targets cancer cells, leaving normal, healthy cells untouched. This selectively targeted delivery system alleviates the common side effects seen in chemotherapeutics today such as hair loss and inflammation of the lining of the digestive track. Johnston recently presented her research to students, doctors and researchers at NASA’S Glen Research Center in Cleveland.

After graduation this spring, she will continue her education in the research and medical field, where she aspires to receive a doctorate in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine. She is the daughter of Jeffrey Johnston of Hubbard and Drina Bucher of Wichita, Kan.