John William Bradley, 73, of Landenberg, died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, April 11.
John William Bradley
Born in Wilmington, he was a son of the late John Francis and the late Alice Williams Bradley. He was a graduate of Brandywine High School. After graduation, he served in the military with the Delaware Army National Guard.
John worked for DuPont Co. for 37-and-a-half years before his retirement. He was most notably an instrument technician, but also fulfilled other roles such as laboratory technician and carpenter. John was also the president of the local DuPont Edgemoor United Steelworkers Union for three years.
John is survived his wife, Gail, with whom he shared 31 years of marriage. He is also survived by his son, James Bradley of West Grove; his grandchildren, Tyler and Samantha; his brother Jim and his wife Laurette of Boca Raton, Fla.; his sisters, Donna Ruggio and her husband Bob of Hockessin, and Diane Erace of Miami, Fla.; and his nieces Noelle Thomas of Miami, Fla., and Chelsea Erace of Wilmington.
You are invited to visit with John’s family and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home (610-444-4116) 250 W. State St. Kennett Square, PA 19348. A memorial service celebrating his life will follow at 4. Interment will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Delaware Hospice, 16 Polly Drummond Shopping Center, Newark, DE 19711. To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecocares.com
FTC East Super-Regional ChampionshipScranton, PA 3/18-3/19/2017
Unionville High School’s Flaming Phoenix robotics team will be competing in the 2017 First Championship to be held in St. Louis, Mo. on April 26-29. First Championship is a dual international-level robotics competition to be held on sequential weekends in Houston, Texas and St. Louis, MO in April 2017.
To qualify for this level of competition, Flaming Phoenix has had an exciting and successful season, advancing to the Eastern Super-Regional Competition held in Scranton, through wins at the Delaware State Championship and the Pennsylvania State Championship. At the Super-Regional Competition, the top 72 teams advancing from states in the northeast from Virginia and Ohio to Maine competed for the privilege to move on to the First Championship in Saint Louis.
Continuing their strong performances, Flaming Phoenix placed fifth in their division of 36 teams after nine qualifying matches and won the second place Design Award for their strengths in the design and construction of their robot, thus qualifying to advance to the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis.
The Flaming Phoenix team consists of UHS students Austin Hwa, Christy Ammon, Kaelyn Gaza, Matt Caputo, Justin Warner, Rachel Folmar, and Patton Middle School students Matt Farr, Ansh Abbaraju, and Brandon Tsai.
About First Tech Challenge Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded First(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Following a sports model, First Tech Challenge teams build, program and operate robots of their own design to play a floor game in an alliance format.
Guided by adult coaches and mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, sharing ideas, and gracious professionalism. Gracious Professionalismis a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.
Spring is officially here. As the days get longer and temperatures rise, now is the perfect time to sign up for a race to motivate yourself to get into better shape. The most popular distance out there is the 5K, which stands for five kilometers – just over three miles. If the sound of that doesn’t make you cringe, then keep reading for a stepwise guide to properly train for a 5K.
Step 1: Choose Wisely
Ideally, pick a race that is at least two, and preferably three months away to allow enough time to prepare. Make sure you know the course, as varying terrain such as hills and mud can add unexpected challenges. Think about picking a training partner who can motivate you and vice versa.
Step 2: Build a Base
The temptation for most people is to run too fast too soon, which puts you at increased risk of injury. So always plan to build an endurance base of slower running for the first 4-6 weeks of your training. During this phase, you’ll focus on increasing your aerobic capacity. Start with a distance that you’re comfortable running, whether this is a quarter-mile, or three miles. You can break up your running with walking breaks to build up your distance if needed. Your running pace should be at which you can hold a conversation. Dedicate one day a week as your “long run” to build your endurance, which should be about 25 percent of your weekly mileage.
Step 3: Rest
Make sure you allow enough time to let your body recover between runs to help prevent injury. To do this, try running every other day, or cross train between runs by biking, swimming or doing other gym cardio exercise like the elliptical machine.
Step 4: Speed It Up
After building your base, it’s time to speed things up by adding one day a week of faster running. A good first workout to try is called a “fartlek.” This involves mixing faster running (at a pace where you can no longer hold a conversation) with slower running. The typical ratio is 3:2, or three minutes of faster running followed by two minutes of slower running, then repeating this 3-5 times. As your fitness improves, you can increase the number of repeats, or time spent running faster.
After you get comfortable with running faster, the next step is to run faster for a prolonged period of time for a “tempo run.” The key to this workout, is running at “tempo pace,” which is in between your slow and fast running pace. Tempo runs usually start around 10 minutes, then you can increase the time spent on your tempo run as each week progresses.
Step 5: The Week Before
You should actually start to decrease your running the week before a race, which is called “tapering” to make sure you feel good on race day. Try to sleep well and eat plenty of carbohydrates several days leading up to the race. Try to avoid making any sudden changes to your routine the week before the race. This includes diet, shoes and workouts. On race day, you’ll probably feel some pre-race jitters, but relax and use that energy to power through to the finish line.
Dr. DuPrey specializes in sports medicine and enjoys working with patients of all ages and abilities to allow them to return to the activities they enjoy in the safest and most effective manner. His holistic approach is to look at the whole picture and help prevent future injuries.
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