A story of love, carnies, a pony and 2 weddings

With a title like that...how could I resist.

James Shreves' Thursday morning wedding was about more than just the exchanging of vows. The nuptials, which took place at the York Fair, were also about the exchanging of his old lifestyle for a new.

James said that, in 2000, while on break from running his Red Star Shooting Gallery stand, he met Juanita Fitez as she operated her family's Twin Tree Ranch Pony Rides.

"I was really contemplating suicide when the Lord brought

	James Shreves sees his bride, Juanita Fitez, as she enters the tent Thursday at the York Fair. At right is James' son, Mark, who also got married. · E-mail photo · Order photo reprint (Jason Plotkin - YDR)

her to me," James said. "I'm not kidding, it was a miracle."

It was a miracle because Juanita's pony rides almost didn't make the cut at that carnival in Hampstead, Md. James said it took a last-minute decision by the fire department to approve Twin Tree's permit. link