The 60-year-old Ituna Arena began construction in May of 2022. (Ituna Community Arena/ Facebook)

By Gillian Massie/CKOM News Staff

Space junk farmer donates to Ituna arena renovations

Jul 2, 2024 | 4:00 PM

One farmer hopes the donation he is putting towards Ituna’s new rink will make a bigger impact, than space junk did when it crash landed into his field.

“It literally fell out of the sky,” Barry Sawchuk said. “It’s a good opportunity to pass it on.”

The 60-year-old rink built in 1961, started renovations in 2022 and is nearing completion.

Sawchuk first came across the pieces of space junk in April while checking the crops in his fields, southwest of Ituna.

The six-by-four-foot piece with fraying carbon fiber edges was determined to be a part of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, with the help of astronomer Dr. Samantha Lawler.

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As other farmers completed seeding, more pieces of the aircraft were found in farmers’ fields. Five farmers found eight pieces of an aircraft spanning across a 30-mile radius.