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Carrying his weight for the cause

Times photo: Brian Gray Jared Johnson, 8, and his brother Jayden, 6, Argyle, love to play with their toy tractors. Jared and his family are the 2009 March of Dimes Ambassador Family. Jared was born three months premature. He took part in the March of Dimes walk for the past couple of years and last year raised more than $200 to help other premature babies.

Times photo: Brian Gray Jared Johnson, 8, and his brother Jayden, 6, Argyle, love to play with their toy tractors. Jared and his family are the 2009 March of Dimes Ambassador Family. Jared was born three months premature. He took part in the March of Dimes walk for the past couple of years and last year raised more than $200 to help other premature babies.

ARGYLE - Jared Johnson is a typical 8-year-old, whose favorite class in school is gym class, and who sometimes argues with his 6-year-old brother Jayden.One never would know by looking at him that he was born prematurely and that he weighed 2 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.