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<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Carmel</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Indiana</st1:State>
 <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">46032</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></b><b
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ght'><b
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>CONTACT: </b><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"=
on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Gaya</st1:place></st1:City> Boyers</st1=
:PersonName></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'>(317) 575-786=
6</p>

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o:p></b></p>

<h4><span style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<=
o:p></o:p></span></h4>

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<h3><span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>SM&amp;P Senior L=
eader
Certified as Six Sigma Black Belt<o:p></o:p></span></h3>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Contact:<o:p>=
</o:p></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Gaya</st1=
:City></st1:place>
Boyers</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>SM&amp;P Utility Resources, Inc.</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>317-575-7866</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><a href=3D"mailto:GayaBoyers@sm-p.com">GayaBoyers@sm-p=
.com</a>
</p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Carmel</s=
t1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">IN</st1:State></st1:place>, December 5, 2006 &#8211; The
Certification Board of the American Society for Quality announced that Jemm=
ie
Wang, <span class=3DSpellE>SM&amp;P&#8217;s</span> Senior Director of Sales=
 and
Analysis, has completed the requirements to be named an ASQ-Certified Six S=
igma
Black Belt (ASQ SSBB). As such, Wang has reached a significant level of
professional recognition, indicating a proficiency in and a comprehension of
Six Sigma principles and practices. Individuals who earn this certification=
 are
allowed to use &#8220;ASQ SSBB&#8221; on their business cards and professio=
nal
correspondence. </p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>&#8220;ASQ provides certification as a way to provide =
formal
recognition to professionals who have demonstrated an understanding of, and=
 a
commitment to, quality techniques and practices in their job and career,&#8=
221;
explains Ronald D. Atkinson, President, American Society for Quality. </p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt is a professional who
applies Six Sigma philosophies and principles, including supporting systems=
 and
tools in a variety of business situations. A Black Belt demonstrates team
leadership and manages team dynamics in all aspects of the DMAIC model (def=
ine,
measure, analyze, improve, control) and can maintain Six Sigma principles.
Black Belts understand lean enterprise concepts and can identify
non-value-added activities using specific tools. </p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>About SM&amp;=
P</b><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>SM&amp;P Utility Resources, Inc. (www. sm-p.com), is
headquartered in Carmel, Indiana and is a subsidiary of The Laclede Group,
Inc., which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LG.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>With more than 2,500 employees, SM&=
amp;P
is one of the nations largest underground locating and marking service
businesses, performing more than 15 million locates annually in southwestern
and central <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st=
1:place></st1:country-region>
for telecommunication, cable, water, gas and power companies. SM&amp;P oper=
ates
in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Texas and Wisconsin.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>About The Ame=
rican
Society for Quality<o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>The American Society for Quality (www.asq.org) is
headquartered in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Milwaukee</st=
1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin</st1:State></st1:place> and is the world's
leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and
organizational members, the professional association advances learning, qua=
lity
improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to cre=
ate
better workplaces and communities worldwide. </p>

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