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By Omar L. Gallaga
Special to the American-Statesman
“He would stay up all night and write songs. He would go to South by Southwest and start putting songs on everyone’s windshields. We didn’t want him to go into music, we wanted him to go into medicine or engineering.”
That’s Shobhna Kotecha, the Austin mother of Oscar-nominated songwriter Savan Kotecha, describing her son and his achievements since he was a Westwood High School student in the 1990s.
Things worked out with music, and instead of practicing medicine or working for a engineering-heavy firm like IBM, Savan will instead this week be part of Sunday s 93rd Academy Awards, helping put together a pre-recorded performance of “Husavik (My Hometown),” the nominated song he wrote for the Netflix movie “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.” The performance will be filmed in the actual town of Húsavík, Iceland, that the song is based on.
Westwood Police Logs: April 5-12
The following are excerpts from the Westwood Police Department from April 5-12. The logs are public record.
Monday, April 5
4:42 p.m.: Police were called to a residence on Cherry Street on reports of a possible attempted burglary. An upstairs window appeared disturbed. It turned out that the window had been opened by a house guest the previous day.
6:40 p.m.: Westwood received a be on the lookout from Medfield Police regarding a 2009 green Toyota Camry being driven by someone who may have been intoxicated. At 6:59 p.m., Medfield Police notified Westwood that the subject had been stopped in Medfield.
Thirty-five years ago on April 26, 1986, the largest nuclear disaster in history took place behind the Soviet Iron Curtain. This event impacted nature, nuclear science, the Soviet Union’s political outlook and economy, U.S.-Soviet relations, and the people who lived there and called it home. The Chernobyl event had ramifications not just to that area, but for the world.
The Chernobyl Event: An Update at 35 Years airs
April 25 and repeats
April 26 at 7:00 p.m. on South Carolina ETV. The special program, produced by ETV Education, takes a look back at the history of the event, relates why SCETV and The University of South Carolina have been involved, and focuses on the continued study of animals, birds and insects as we look at the lasting impact of the Chernobyl event.
Michigan State Gymnastics Adds Two - Michigan State University Athletics msuspartans.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msuspartans.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.