Main Street Minute: Dental foundation sponsoring free checkups for kids

KTAR’s Main Street Minute focuses on local businesses that are hiring, opening and hosting events across the community. These stories air each weekday on KTAR at 7:27 a.m.

• About 400 uninsured children will get free dental checkups Friday in Mesa from the Arizona Dental Foundation. The organization estimates nearly 40 percent of the state’s third-graders have tooth decay that’s left untreated. Treatments are happening from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health near Baseline and Recker roads.

• M Culinary Concepts wants to hire 75 servers and chefs to work during the Waste Management Phoenix Open from Feb. 1-7. There’s a job fair Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the company’s kitchen near Cave Creek Road and Loop 101.

• Shea Homes is ready to open a community in the East Valley. Ambition at Eastmark in Mesa will offer 99 home sites that will range between 1,700 and 2,800 square feet. The grand opening is Saturday.

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