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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   Form 12b-25

                                             Commission File Number 001-03920
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                           NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING

     (Check One): [ ] Form 10-K   [ ] Form 11-K   [ ] Form 20-F   [X] Form 10-Q

                  [ ] Form N-SAR

     For Period Ended: March 31, 2002
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 [ ] Transition Report on Form 10-K     [ ] Transition Report on Form 10-Q

 [ ] Transition Report on Form 20-F     [ ] Transition Report on Form N-SAR

 [ ] Transition Report on Form 11-K

     For the Transition Period Ended: _______________

     Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form.  Please print or
type.

     Nothing in this report shall be construed to imply that the commission
has verified any information contained herein.

     If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the item(s) to which the information relates:
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                                     PART I
                            REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Full name of registrant   Kinark Corporation
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Former name if applicable
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Address of principal executive office (Street and number)  2250 East 73rd Street
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City, state and zip code  Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-6832
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                                     PART II
                              RULE 12b-25(b) and (c)

     If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the
following should be completed.  (Check box if appropriate.)

     (a) The reasons described below in reasonable detail in Part III of this
         form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;
 [X] (b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on
         Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K of Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will be
         filed on or before the 15th calendar day following the prescribed
         due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on
         Form 10-Q, or portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth
         calendar day following the prescribed due date; and
     (c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule
         12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.



                                   PART III
                                  NARRATIVE

     State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F,
10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within
the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

     The Registrant is unable to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q within
the prescribed time period due to a death in the family of the Company's chief
financial officer in March that delayed the completion of the report by the
Company.

                                    PART IV
                               OTHER INFORMATION

     (1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification:

         Paul R. Chastain        (918)           494-0964
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         (Name)               (Area Code)    (Telephone Number)

     (2) Have all other periodic reports required under section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or section 30 of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is no,
identify the report(s).
                                         [X]  Yes   [ ]  No

     (3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in the results of
operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be
reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or
portion thereof?
                                         [X]  Yes   [ ]  No

     If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively
and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable
estimate of the results cannot be made.

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                               Kinark Corporation
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                  (Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.

     Date: August 16, 2000             By: /s/Paul R. Chastain
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                                           Paul R. Chastain
                                           Vice President and Chief
                                           Financial Officer




















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                         ATTACHMENT TO PART IV, ITEM (3)

The Company expects to report higher sales and net earnings for the quarter
ended March 31, 2002 compared to the first quarter of 2001. Net earnings
increased 376% to $224,000, or $.03 a share, from $47,000, and sales increased
2.6% to $9,217,000 over $8,982,000 for the first quarter of 2001.


























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