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If you ask Kyle Dunlap what Big Brothers Big Sisters is all about, he’ll tell you the organization’s mission is to provide children facing adversity with one-on-one relationships.

When things go wrong near the apartment complex at 399 Broadway, people attribute it to the rough neighborhood or the sour economy. What they don’t know is the neighborhood carries a curse from a “lustrous summer centuries before any European dared name the place Santa Monica Bay,” writes local author Eric James Miller in his novel “For Rent: Dangerous Paradise,“ the first in his planned For Rent mystery series.

Literary highlights this week include the launch of comedy-magician Mac King’s book drive in anticipate of his Magical Literacy Tour. King plans to swap tickets to his show for donated books throughout February.

Bridger Adams, 15, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts ofvAmerica. A member of Troop 612, Adams filled 82 backpacks with school supplies for schools in his neighborhood for his Eagle project. He enjoys basketball, video games and watching sports. Adams is the son of Ty and Danette Adams of Henderson.