5 Things to Know Today

Good morning, Bethlehem. Today is Tuesday, August 16, 2011.

1. A public memorial service for slain Freemansburg Police Officer Robert Lasso is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. in the Spartan Center at . That will be preceded by a private service at the in the city and a procession of police officers from across the region and beyond from the home to the college. Unless you are part of that procession or going to the service, you might want to avoid the motorcade route starting at about 9 a.m. The procession will start at Market and Linden streets, travel east to Cambria Street in Freemansburg and turn north, following Cambria, Freemansburg Avenue, Willow Park Road, Easton Avenue and Hecktown Road before ending at the college on Green Pond Road.
2. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will be conducting bridge inspections along Route 191 in Bethlehem Township between Highland Drive and Brodhead Road from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. There may be temporary lane restrictions.
3. runs from 3 to 7 p.m. in a lot just south of the parking lot for the . In a demonstration, master gardener Cathy Leiber discusses the finer points of growing garlic at 5 p.m., while chef Danny Love shows how to prepare bruschetta.
4. City Council holds a regular meeting at 7 p.m. in The Finance Committee starts an hour earlier.
5. Parents of soon-to-be entering sixth graders at are invited to a parents’ orientation in the school auditorium starting at 6:30 p.m.