POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
Director and/or officer of Kinark Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Paul
R. Chastain the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned with full power of substitution and authority to sign
for the undersigned, as Director or an officer of the Company, or
as both, the Company's Form 10-K Annual Report for the period
ended December 31, 2000, and any and all exhibits and amendments
thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; hereby ratifying and confirming
all acts taken by such agent and attorney-in-fact as herein
authorized.

Dated: March 12, 2001			/s/ John H. Sununu
                 							    John H. Sununu