UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------- ---------------------------- FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB APPROVAL -------- ---------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0287 [_] Check this box if no longer ---------------------------- subject to Section 16. Expires: December 31, 2001 Form 4 or Form 5 obligations ---------------------------- may continue. See Instruction Estimated average burden 1(b). hours per response.... 0.5 ---------------------------- Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of 2. Issuer Name and Tickler or 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Reporting Person* Trading Symbol (Check all applicable) Murchie John G Ourpet's Company OPCO __ Director __ 10% Owner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for X Officer (give title __ Other (specify Number of Reporting Month/Year - below) below) 1300 East Street Person, if an entity Treasurer and Controller --------------------------------- (voluntary) February 2002 -------------------------- (Street) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Date of Original Applicable Line) (Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person - Fairport Harbor Ohio 44077 ###-##-#### _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~ 1. Title of Security 2. ~~Trans-~~Transaction 3. ~~Trans-~~Transaction 4. Securities ~~Acquired (A)~~ 5. Amount of 6. ~~Owner-~~Ownership 7. Nature of ~~action~~(Instr. ~~action~~3) orDate ~~Disposed~~Code ofAcquired (DA) Securities ~~ship~~Form: ofIndirect ~~In- Security Date Code~~ (Instr. 3,8) 4or ~~and~~Disposed 5) Beneficially ~~Form:~~Direct ~~direct~~ (~~Instr. 3~~D) Beneficial (Month/ ~~(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-~~ Day/Year) ~~----------------------------------------------- End~~ of (D) orOwned ~~ficial~~at ~~Year)~~End ~~Month~~or Indirect ~~Owner-~~Ownership ~~Code V Amount~~ (~~A) or Price (~~Instr. 3, ~~and~~ 4) ~~(I)~~of ~~ship~~Month (DI) (Instr. 4) and 5) (Instr. 4) --------------------------------~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~ ~~Common~~(Instr. ~~Stock~~3 ~~10/31/01~~and ~~448,180~~(A) 4) or Code V Amount (D) Price ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 1002/3128/0102 ~~271~~P 1,~~381~~000 IA By0.45 ~~Partnership~~02/28/02 1,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Common Stock 10/31/01 20,000 I By Partnership~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver~~- ~~3. Trans~~- ~~4. Transac~~----- 5.Table ~~Number~~II ~~of Deriv~~-- ~~Security~~Derivative ~~(Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative~~ Securities ~~Exercise Date (Instr. 8)~~ Acquired, ~~(A) or Price of (Month/~~ Disposed of, ~~(D)~~or ~~Deriv-~~Beneficially ~~Day/~~Owned (~~Instr~~e.g., 3puts, 4calls, ~~and~~warrants, 5)options, ~~ative~~convertible ~~Year~~securities) ~~Security~~ --------------------------------------------------- ~~Code V (A) (D)~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~--------------------------------------------~~ ~~Warrants $~~1.50 Title of 2. Conversion 3. Transaction Date 4. Transaction 5. Number of Derivative 6. Date Exerciseable 7. Title and Derivative or Exercise (Month/Day/Year) Code Securities Acquired (A) and Expiration Date Amount of Security Price of (Instr. 8) or Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Underlying (Instr. 3) Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Securities Security (Instr. 3 and 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount or Number Date Expiration of Code V (A) (D) Exercisable Date Title Shares ---------------------------------------------- ~~Warrants $1.50~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option 1.00 01/26/02 01/26/05 * 50,000 --------------------------------------- ~~Warrants $1.25~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~--------------------------------~~ ~~Pref.~~Option ~~Stk $~~1.0025 08/18/03 08/18/06 * 50,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Pref. Stk $1.00~~ ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Warrants $1.25~~ -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Warrants $1.25 10/01/01 A 37,500~~ --------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Warrants $1.25 10/01/01 A 7,000~~ ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~6. Date Exer~~- ~~7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner~~- ~~1. Na~~- ~~cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv~~- ~~ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv~~- ~~ative Form of In~~- ~~Date ative Secur~~- ~~of De~~- ~~direct (Month/Day/ Secur~~- ~~ities rivative Bene~~- ~~Year) ity Bene~~- ~~Securities ficial (Instr. ficially Bene~~- ~~Owner~~- -----------------------------~~---------------~~ ~~5) Owned ficially ship Date Expira~~- ~~Amount or at End Owned at (Instr. Exer~~- ~~tion Title Number of of End of 4) cisable Date Shares Month Month(1) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~06/15/99 04/30/02 ** 119,078 0 119,078 I By Partnership~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~06/15/99 04/30/02 ** 606 0 606 I By Partnership~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------~~----~~ ~~08/01/00~~8. ~~08/01/03~~Price **of ~~37,500~~9. 0Number ~~37,500~~of I10. ByOwnership ~~Partnership~~11. ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Nature ~~08/17/99~~of **Derivative ~~200,000~~Derivative ~~200,000~~Form ~~200,000~~of IIndirect BySecurity ~~Partnership~~Securities ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Derivative ~~08/17/99~~Beneficial **(Instr. ~~180,000~~5) ~~180,000~~Beneficially ~~180,000~~Securities IOwnership ByOwned ~~Partnership~~at Beneficially (Instr. 4) End of Owned at Month End of (Instr. 4) Month (Instr. 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 0 50,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~02/01/01 08/01/03 ** 37,500~~ 0 3750,~~500~~000 ID ~~By Partnership~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~10/01/01 08/01/03 ** 37,000 0 37,500 J By Partnership~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~10/01/01 09/30/05 ** 7,000 0 7,000 D~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------~~-------------------------------------------------------------------~~

Explanation of Responses: * - Common Stock /s/ John G. Murchie March 8, 2002 ------------------------------- --------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, on of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure

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