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• Mr. North America Fights Hunger - in Bulk February, 2011 Roanoke Times, The (VA) July 19, 1999 MR. NORTH AMERICA FIGHTS HUNGER - IN BULK Author: TODD JACKSON THE ROANOKE TIMES Edition: METRO Section: VIRGINIA Page: C1 Estimated printed pages: 2 Bodybuilding champion Darren Meade has huge biceps, gigantic calves and a mammoth chest. He’s got a big heart, too. The once homeless bodybuilder donated a tractor-trailer load of food – 25,000 pounds worth – to Roanoke’s Rescue Mission Sunday. He also rented a couple of stretch limousines and let children take rides in them as he mingled with a group of Rescue Mission volunteers. Meade was in Roanoke over the weekend to support a women’s bodybuilding competition at the civic center. He’s a friend of Lynchburg’s Jan Tana, the competition’s sponsor. Meade, a Mr. North America champion, paid for and donated the food to the Rescue Mission himself on behalf of the Jan Tana competition and the Feed the Children program. He said he wanted to give something back to needy people. Meade can relate. At age 15, abandoned by his parents, Meade said he wandered the streets of the Oakland, Calif., area sleeping under bridges, never thinking to look for a rescue mission. He said he was later “adopted” by workers at an industrial complex, who fed him and ignited his love of body building by letting him work out at a company gym. “They called me ‘pup,’” he said. No one was calling Meade, now 32, by that name Sunday. “Hey, strongest man in the world, come here a minute!” one little girl yelled. Meade chuckled. He was also sentimental, choking up on several occasions as people asked for his autograph and offered their stories. He hugged Jan Tana. He hugged his girlfriend. “This isn’t my most masculine moment,” he said. Ray Linder, a participant in the Rescue Mission’s drug and alcohol treatment program, shook Meade’s hand and handed him a piece of paper. Meade signed it: “To Ray: Stay strong.” “He makes me want to be a productive member of society,” Linder said. A group of about 100 volunteers showed up Sunday to unload the food truck in over 90-degree heat. It was emptied in less than an hour. The group was a diverse mix of people from a lawyer and an insurance agent to a homeless man staying at the mission. They formed a human conveyor belt and the boxes – containing items from green beans and pasta to apple juice – moved quickly from person to person. Joy Sylvester-Johnson, the mission’s director, said she believes Meade’s gift is the largest one-time donation the mission has ever received. She said the food will last for months. The mission can use it. It served more than 150,000 meals last year, Sylvester-Johnson said. Todd Jackson can be reached at 981-3253 or toddj@roanoke.com Caption: photo – 1. NATALEE WATERS THE ROANOKE TIMES. Darren Meade, bodybuilder named Mr. North America, donated a truckload of food. 2. Ron Smith (left) passes donated items to Courtney Hoge as about 100 volunteers move 25,000 pounds of food Sunday into the Roanoke Rescue Mission. Darren Meade gave the food on behalf of the Jan Tana competition and the Feed the Children program. color. Copyright© 1999 The Roanoke Times Record Number: 9907190062

• Darren M. Meade, resigns as interim-Chief Executive Officer of PROGENEX Dairy Bioactives, Corporate Counsel for PROGENEX, Dwight Beckstrand, Warned of Fraud, By Former CEO, Darren M. Meade June, 2011 Darren M. Meade, resigns as interim-Chief Executive Officer of PROGENEX Dairy Bioactives I cannot in good conscience continue due in part to the irreconcilable philosophical differences I have with the major beneficial stakeholder Adam Zuckerman who for the most part controls the company and related entities. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 27, 2011 – Darren M. Meade, announced his resignation as interim-Chief Executive Officer of PROGENEX Dairy Bioactives, effective immediately. As an internationally recognized corporate strategy and business leader, Meade brought more than twenty years of experience in a broad range of industry sectors – pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutraceutical and sports nutrition – with emphasis on business development and marketing to PROGENEX. Meade stated, “In PROGENEX I found a company embroiled in vicious litigation. I was persuaded to re-enter the sports nutrition sector by way of PROGENEX when the board asserted that almost forty mid-western dairy families had invested their life savings into PROGENEX, all of which was at risk due to the war of attrition that usually accompanies intense litigation. This story was my primary motivation to take the helm at PROGENEX. The company enjoyed record sales in the months of December and January and is scheduled to release new products in April. It pains me to walk away from PROGENEX and what I considered to have been the premier formulas in sports nutrition. However, I cannot in good conscience continue due in part to the irreconcilable philosophical differences I have with the major beneficial stakeholder Adam Zuckerman who for the most part controls the company and related entities. I am yet to meet the alleged investor families, nor have I been privy to their names or contact details. Nonetheless, I wish them well in the future and invite them to contact me should there be need. # # I cannot in good conscience continue due in part to the irreconcilable philosophical differences with Adam Zuckerman.I am yet to meet the alleged investors. Nonetheless, I wish them well in the future and invite them to contact me should there be need. Markowski Fax.pdf

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