View welcomes announcements of recent achievements of Favorite Sons & Daughters who have attended local schools. Achievements may run the gamut from earning a college degree to successfully climbing Mount Everest. Please include student's name, age, area school attended and graduation year, parents' names and city of residence. Send announcements and photos by mail to: Lynn Benson, View, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070; by fax to 477-3852; or by e-mail, viewcalendars@viewnews.com.
Justin Hoeft and Jared Geschke, juniors at Green Valley High School, attended the Future Business Leaders of America conference at Sunset Station, April 22-25.
Last year, Hoeft won state championship in business at the conference.
Hoeft and Geschke have been friends since they attended kindergarten together at Nate Mack Elementary School in Henderson.
Hoeft, who is president of FBLA, and Geschke, who is a member, raised more than $2,000 through the organization for the March of Dimes in February.
FBLA has a 65-year history of providing high school students with the knowledge, leadership skills and experience to assist them in future business careers.