Lang Looks to Downsize

If you’re in the market for a pink, lakeside mansion in Cary,

give Mayor Glen Lang a call.

With his eldest son entering his senior year of high school

and preparing to leave home for college, Lang said Friday he and

his wife are looking to downsize to someplace smaller.

“As the kids leave, we’ll need a lot less space,” Lang said.

The home has 6,600 square feet of heated space, according to

Wake County real estate records. That might be more than most

families need, but Lang said he has already gotten a few nibbles.

It’s listed at about $ 1.4 million, Lang said, so he expects it

will take at least a few months to sell.

The mayor insisted he has no plans to move out of Cary.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he said.

HIGH SCHOOL DAYS: Raleigh City Council member Philip Isley

headed home this weekend, where he’ll add some circumstance to

the pomp of his high school’s graduation. Isley is the

commencement speaker.

He was polishing his speech Friday for graduates of the

private Carlisle School in his hometown of Martinsville, Va., and

it got him to thinking of his experience there. Since 1974, every

student at the school has been accepted to a college or

university and the academics are rigorous, he said.

“We were learning a foreign language in the third grade,”

Isley said. “We made speeches in the sixth, seventh and 12th

grades.”

He said Latin and Greek mythology were other subjects.

“I don’t use my Latin,” he said. “But if I ever made it onto

‘Jeopardy!,’ I’d be hell on Greek mythology.”

BUSY SIGNAL: The Durham County District Attorney’s Office has

found a way to handle calls from the media whenever a

high-profile case comes its way.

When anyone phones the main number, they are greeted with this

message: “We are experiencing a high volume of calls. Please try

your call again.”

And if you call the number for District Attorney Jim Hardin’s

secretary, she will politely transfer you to that recording.

It’s the same recording the media hears every time there’s a

high-profile case, and on Friday, when the body of missing

cellist Janine Sutphen was identified, the office dusted off the

recording again.

POLITICAL TRAIL

– THE JOHNSTON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S executive committee

will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Johnston Central Alumni

Center, 1002 Massey St. in Smithfield.

– AMERICANS MAKING A DIFFERENCE, a nonprofit civic education

group, plans to hold a roundtable discussion on why many young

people don’t participate in politics. The event will be at 6 p.m.

Wednesday in the auditorium of Richard B. Harrison Library, 1313

New Bern Ave. in Raleigh.

– WAKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JOE BRYAN AND TONY GURLEY, along

with County Manager David Cooke, will discuss the proposed county

budget with the Wake chapter of N.C. Citizens for a Sound Economy

at 7 p.m. Thursday at N.C. State University’s McKimmon Center at

the corner of Gorman Street and Western Boulevard in Raleigh.

– THE WESTERN WAKE REPUBLICAN CLUB will hold its annual BBQ

from noon to 3 p.m. June 7 at Apex Community Park.