To have your event listed in the Adelante Calendar, call (573) 882-1939 or e-mail calendar@Adelantesi.com. We try to include all events of interest to the Central Missouri Latino Community, as space allows.

ARTs AND ENTERTAINMENT

COLUMBIA
HLAFSA Poetry Contest 2004: MU/HLAFSA and the Columbia Public School District will have a Bilingual Poetry contest for children in grades 8 through 12. Next year, the theme will be CHANGES/CAMBIO, and the deadline will be March 1, 2004. Prizes range from $150 to $100. For more information, please visit www.missouri.edu/~hlafsa/

LATINO CENTERS

COLUMBIA
English classes: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Child care provided during Saturday classes.
Internet classes: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays
Spanish classes: 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturdays. $10 per class.
After-school program: Children in kindergarten through fifth grade, 3:15 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays
Teen tutoring program: Youth sixth though 12th grades, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays
Women, Infants and Children program: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month
Free health checkups by appointment: Call (573) 449-9442.

MILAN
English classes: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
Spanish classes: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
After school program: 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays
Comenzando Bien, a program for expecting mothers: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays
Traditional Mexican Dance Group. If you want to participate, contact Valentina Mensa, (660) 445-2025.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

COLUMBIA
Catholic Mass in Spanish: fourth Sunday of every month at 1 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1115 Locust St. For more information, call Father Cole, (573) 443-3357.
Baptist Spanish services: Christian Community Pueblo de Dios, 1634 Paris Road. Services: 1 p.m. Sundays. Bible study: 6 p.m. Mondays. English classes: 7 p.m. Mondays. For more information, call (573) 619-1451.
JEFFERSON CITY
Catholic Mass in Spanish: every Sunday at 1 p.m. St. Peter’s Church, 216 Broadway. For more information call (573) 636-8150 or (573) 636-8159.
MARSHALL
Baptist Calvary Mission: 221 E. Gordon, Marshall. Readings and study 8 p.m. Wednesdays, discipleship 8 p.m. Fridays, Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Sundays and services at11:30 a.m. Sundays. The church is open for prayer and counseling every day. For more information, call pastor Melvin Mendoza, (660) 831-5188.
Pentecostal Mount Sinai Church, 1670 West Arrow St., Marshall. Religious services in Spanish 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. For information, call Pastor Josué Díaz at (660) 886-7602.
MEXICO
Mexico First Church of the Nazarene, 2726 S. Clark St. The church offers free English and Spanish classes, guitar lessons and translation services. It also offers religious services in Spanish. For information, call Pastor Elpidio Sandoval at (573) 581-4739 or (573) 581-4400.
MILAN
Catholic Mass in Spanish: 1 p.m. Sundays, 214 St. Marys St. For more information call (660) 265-4110.
n Baptist Spanish services: 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Fridays. First Baptist Church, 1203 Market St. For more information, call Pastor Carlos Lozano at (660) 946-4040 or (660) 265-6397.

MISCELLANEOUS

BOONVILLE
The Cooper-Howard Hispanic Group’s next meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at La Hacienda in Boonville. For more information, call Art Schneider at (660) 882-5661.

CALIFORNIA
English classes: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in the cafeteria of California Elementary School, 205 S. Owen. For more information, call (573) 796-2161.

COLUMBIA
Free English classes for parents with children ages 3 to 5: offered by The Adult Learning Center. Mondays through Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Hand in Hand Nursery School, 4030 Bearfield Road. Free transportation, breakfast and lunch. Contact Laurie Hamblin, (573) 441-0403.

MEDIA

RADIO
COLUMBIA
La Hora Latina runs every Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m., followed by Ondas Latinas or Latin Sounds (alternate Saturdays) from 10 a.m. to noon at KOPN/89.5 FM.

SEDALIA
Sábado Latino with Angel Morales every Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at KSIS/1050 AM.

PRINT MEDIA
MID-MISSOURI
Adelante’s next issue will be on the streets Feb. 16.

— Mariana De Maio