Friday, 30 OCTOBER, 2020 WEATHER PAGE 22 TV GUIDE PAGES 25-26, 47-48 PUZZLES PAGE 24 CLASSIFIEDS PAGES 53-56 borderwatch.com.au | $3.00 Zombies Gas site hungry leak to help probe MOLLY TAYLOR [email protected] RAQUEL MUSTILLO [email protected] THE LIMESTONE Coast’s annual Halloween horde of walking dead BEACH Energy continued to use a will stroll Mount Gambier’s cen- stormwater lagoon to store run off and tral business district this weekend waste water for seven months after a to raise funds for Friends of Native report indicated the plastic liner could Wildlife SE. be leaking its contents into surrounding The 11th Mount Gambier Zom- groundwater. bie Walk will be held tomorrow with The company has been issued with event founder Kylie Bamford re- an order to repair a leak in a stormwa- vealing a horror healthcare theme, ter lagoon at the Katnook Gas Plant by with the zombie plague required to November 15, which was discovered in register their attendance, sanitise March this year. their hands and socially distance to According to the EPA’s environmen- meet COVID-19 requirements. tal protection order, Adelaide Energy Timed to coincide with Hallow- - which is wholly owned by Beach - con- een, the event will start tomorrow tinued to use the lagoon for storage until at 5pm with participants exiting October and by doing so, contravened a from Vansittart Park to walk across condition of its licence. to and along Commercial Street, finishing at the Cave Gardens. STORY PAGE 3 STORY PAGE 2 Party politics play RAQUEL MUSTILLO of elected members, telling ratepayers “par- conduct breaches by elected members in se- a part and all of this is below the standard ex- ty politics [is] playing a part” in councillors’ ries of emails responding to ratepayer con- pected of elected members”. [email protected] conduct. cerns. OUTGOING Mount Gambier City Council Mr Meddle, who is currently in his final In one response viewed by The Border chief executive Andrew Meddle has launched days at the helm, flagged his frustrations with Watch, Mr Meddle said “there is a lot going on an extraordinary broadside at the behaviour the ongoing behavioural issues and code of behind the scenes here, party politics playing STORY PAGE 5 New T-Roc Visit You’ll just want one Barry Maney Volkswagen Sleek design with the best 43 Percy Street, Mount Gambier of an SUV and a hatchback. 08 8721 3400 It’s the purchase you’ll spend barrymaneyvolkswagen.com.au a little longer admiring and want to show off everywhere. You may not need the new T-Roc, but you’ll want one. 12466777-CG45-20 2 NEWS Friday, 30 October, 2020 BORDERWATCH.COM.AU Halloween in hordes Forestry THE LIMESTONE Coast’s annual Halloween inquiry hears horde of walking dead will stroll Mount Gam- bier’s central business district this weekend to raise funds for Friends of Native Wildlife SE. evidence The 11th Mount Gambier Zombie Walk will be held tomorrow with event founder Kylie THE parliamentary committee Bamford revealing a horror healthcare theme. investigating matters relating to the timber industry will hear evidence in The zombie plague will be required to reg- Mount Gambier next week after a delay ister their attendance, sanitise their hands and of almost 12 months since the last socially distance to meet COVID-19 require- hearing. ments. The five-person committee will hear Ms Bamford said she first established the from a range of stakeholders, including event when she relocated from Adelaide to councils, processors and forestry indus- Mount Gambier and continues to support try experts as part of a two-day hearing different Limestone Coast-based causes each into the sector. year. Chaired by Labor parliamentarian “It has always been a big thing in Adelaide and shadow primary industries and re- and I am good friends with the founders who gional development minister Clare have always given us guidance over the years,” Scriven, the committee will investigate she said. whether log exports are in compliance “When I moved down here, I wanted to with lease agreements, with particular meet my freaky people and have something reference to volume, supply agreements for Mount Gambier to do and celebrate. and options for increasing the availabil- “Some people still find us disgusting, but ity of logs. The terms of reference also others really love it.” include looking at the volume of exports Ms Bamford said the event allowed people by all growers in the area, the impacts to express themselves in their own way. of water licensing, strategies to increase “We have one lady that comes every year local timber supply and opportunities and has never been a zombie, but is always ar- within farm forestry. tistic with her design,” she said. The committee last heard evidence “We see all sorts of creatures on the night. in November 2019, with Primary In- dustries and Regions South Australia “In the last few years, it is something, es- telling the chambers there had been pecially with families, I have noticed grow in no breaches of the contract conditions numbers.” with OneFortyOne Plantations regard- Tying in with the world-wide pandemic, Ms LOOK OUT, SCREAM AND SHOUT: Shane Mole (back left), Amity Pearson, Sharmaine Fogar- ing over-cutting the forest. Bamford said the aim was to have a horde of ty (front left) and Kylie Bamford invite the public to attend tomorrow’s Mount Gambier Zombie Under questioning by Ms Scriven, healthcare worker zombies, fresh corpses and Walk which will begin at 5pm from Vansittart Park. Picture: MOLLY TAYLOR PIRSA replied “none had been substan- anything out of the ordinary. tiated” “We do not mind if you do not want to come Witnesses will provide evidence at as a zombie this year, we just want you to come for the event, which allows for up to 150 people. ticipants exiting from Vansittart Park to walk the hearing from 11am at The Barn on and be safe,” she said. Timed to coincide with Halloween, the across to and along Commercial Street, finish- November 2 and 3. A COVID-19 safe plan was been developed event will start tomorrow at 5pm with par- ing at the Cave Gardens. WIN EACH MERCURY CIDER A XXXX 24 X 375ML BOTTLES COOLER BOX 10 PACK 10 PACK ONE PER STORE TO EACH COUGAR BOURBON OR $ .99 JACK DANIEL'S $ .99 BE WON BLACK DOUGLAS 33EACH PREMIX 4.8% 45 EACH SCOTCH & COLA 10 X 375ML CANS CARLTON DRY 10 X 375ML CANS 24 X 330ML BOTTLES 1 LITRE 30 PACK $ .99 49 EACH EACH EACH EACH BALLANTINE’S BOMBAY JIM BEAM COOPERS PALE ALE SCOTCH OR SAPPHIRE WHITE 24 X 375ML BOTTLES ERISTOFF GIN LABEL OR CANS VODKA 700ML BOURBON 700ML OR CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY $ .99 1 LITRE 45 EACH EACH XXXX GOLD 30 X 375ML CANS COOPERS 50% OFF SAVE $9 PURCHASE ANY CASE OF XXXX GOLD FOR SPARKLING ALE 24 X 375ML BOTTLES YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A XXXX COOLER. OR CANS ENTER AT SIPNSAVE. COM. AU ANY 3 FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY. 30 EACH EACH PACK $ SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. 18 BLEASDALE GRANT BURGE EACH PINOT GRIS PINOT NOIR WOLF BLASS 750ML CHARDONNAY RED LABEL NV VICTORIA BITTER WINES 750ML 30 X 375ML CANS 750ML MT. GAMBIER HOTEL MOUNT GAMBIER 8725 0611 ROYAL OAK HOTEL PENOLA 8737 2322 SOMERSET HOTEL MILLICENT 8733 2888 PARK HOTEL MOUNT GAMBIER 8725 2430 SOUTH EASTERN HOTEL MOUNT GAMBIER 8723 9090 SipnSave supports the responsible service of alcohol. Specials apply 28/10/20 to 10/11/20 or while stocks last. Price may vary in country areas due to freight. Price includes GST. www.sipnsave.com.au SIPNSAVE.COM.AU 12468010-DL45-20 SNS_P23_2810_T44_BW 2 CONTACT US [email protected] NEWS 3 Leak under investigation RAQUEL MUSTILLO A month later, Beach undertook sam- lagoon, the company failed to prevent the po- to determine whether a hole was present or pling and analysis of water in the lagoon and tential seepage of water containing pollutants not until the lagoon is drained. [email protected] groundwater in three wells to determine if the from the lagoon to the surrounding ground- “As the lagoon holds stormwater the issue BEACH Energy continued to use a stormwa- water in the lagoon or wells contained sub- water. was assessed as low risk,” he said. ter lagoon to store run off and waste water stances attributable to activities at the site. In the report, the EPA said Beach under- “However, plans have been in place to fix for seven months after a report indicated the On July 29, the EPA was provided with the took an activity “without taking all reasonable the issue once the wet season subsides.” survey results and a risk assessment, which plastic liner could be leaking its contents into and practicable measures to prevent or mini- Beach is also required to undertake ground- concluded in the absence of detectable hy- surrounding groundwater. mise any resulting environmental harm”. water monitoring of three groundwater wells drocarbons or significant heavy metals in the The company has been issued with an or- “Any resulting environmental harm could each month for a period of six months. der to repair a leak in a stormwater lagoon at lagoon or groundwater wells, the level of envi- have been prevented or minimised by direct- Limestone Coast Protection Alliance chair the Katnook Gas Plant by November 15, which ronmental risk was low. ing stormwater or other water form the site to Angus Ralton claimed the company’s delay was discovered in March this year.