• Spring Home Show will be held Feb. 8-10 at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township, during regular mall hours. The show will include local and national representatives of products and services, and information and displays on home products, construction and remodeling, and methods of energy conservation.
• An auction is being sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society of St. Aloysius Church, 935 Bennetts Mills Road, Jack-son, on Feb. 8. Admission is $5. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the drawing begins at 8 p.m. Details: Sue, (732) 367-4641.
• Comedy Show and gift auction featuring comedian Paul Venier will take place on Feb. 9, 7-10 p.m., at the Strand Theater, Lakewood. Proceeds will benefit the Catholic Community of St. Mary of the Lake Church and Holy Family School. Tickets are $15 in advance. Details: (732) 905-5443.
• Covered dish supper will be held at the Cookstown Methodist Church, 16 Main St., Cookstown, on Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. Admission is $3.50 with a covered dish or $6 without. For directions call the church at (609) 758-0379.
• A Valentine party will be held at the Central Jersey Italian-American Club, Jackson, on Feb. 9, 8 p.m. $5 donation. Snacks are provided as well as live music by "Premonition." Details: (732) 370-9820, (732) 928-0432 or (732) 363-3070.
• Alliance Française of Georgian Court College will host a crêpe-tasting soirée at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Casino ballroom on the college campus, Lakewood. Admission is $5 for nonmembers. Details: Sister Mary Theresa McCarthy, (732) 364-2200, Ext. 631.
• Annual "Love Day," a day of recollection, will be sponsored by the Marian Center from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church, Route 9 at West Second Street, Howell. Mass will be offered at 10 a.m.; lunch will be served. There is no fee, but register by calling (732) 363-0022.
• Tenants’ Rights Workshop will be held on Feb. 15, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Lakewood library. This workshop is sponsored by the Puerto Rican Action Board of Lakewood and will feature a representative form legal services. For more information call Eugenio Espinosa, (732) 886-9295, or Ileana Fontanes, (732) 477-4173.
• Atlantic City bus trip to the Hilton Casino is being sponsored by the New Egypt Elks Lodge No. 2450 on Feb. 17. Tickets are $18 with an $11 coin return or $28 with an $11 coin return and a $10 buffet ticket. The bus will leave the lodge parking lot at 11 a.m. and return approximately 6 p.m. Call (609) 758-8700 to make reservations.
• Harry O’Claire Chapter No. 637 of the National Association of Retired Fed-eral Employees will host accountant Armond Ipri, presenting a speech on the 2001 state and federal income taxes on Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. All eligible federal em-ployees, retirees, their annuitants and spouses are invited to attend. Details: (732) 408-0089.
• A bus trip to the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City will be held on Feb. 23 for Howell residents. The bus will depart the Howell Recreation Building at Town Hall at 9 a.m. and will return at 6 p.m. The $15 cost will include transportation and $10 in coins. Tickets must be reserved by Feb. 9. Details: (732) 938-4500, Ext. 2501.