Effingham

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In this June 10, 2017 photo, David Read stands on the wing of his home-built Thorp T-18 as his passenger gets help out of the aircraft at Effingham County Memorial Airport in Effingham, Ill. Read provided free flights as part of the the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 16 Young Eagles flight experience. Volunteer pilots, many in their own planes, provided the basic flight lessons and experience to anyone ages 8 to 17. (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, Grace Zeller holds her West Point Certificate of Appointment while taking a break at St. Anthony High School in Effingham, Ill. Zeller had never thought about joining the military, let alone attending a prestigious military academy. Now she can't imagine herself anywhere else. (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, a variety of Christmas poinsettias grow in a climate controlled greenhouse at the Forest Lake Greenhouses in Effingham, S.C. (Joshua Lloyd/The Morning News via AP)

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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Tim King, an owner of Forest Lake Greenhouses, shows off some of their Christmas poinsettias in a climate controlled greenhouse in Effingham, S.C. (Joshua Lloyd/The Morning News via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 4, 2104 photo, four students in a welding class work together in Effingham, Ill. Committees working on a plan to build an academy that will train adults and high school students for vocations aren't deterred by the lack of state funding. Wheels are turning and the program's launch is around the corner. Advocates for the Effingham Regional Career Academy are trudging forward. (File Photo/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Crystal Gonzalez holds a picture of her daughter, Kaylee Jacob, at her home in Effingham, Ill. Jacob was 16 when a teenage friend messing around with a gun in the backseat of a car parked in Effingham, Ill., accidentally shot her to death in 2015. Nearly a year later, the girl's mother said the pain still lingers,and she knows that it always will. "Her death has forever changed my life and the lives of my other children," said Crystal Gonzalez.(Bill Grimes/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this Sept. 9, 2015 photo, Valerie Broeringmeyer, a first-grade teacher at South Side Elementary School in Effingham, Ill., poses with her bucket in her classroom. Teachers, staff and students at the school are all involved in the program titled after the children’s book, “Have You Filled A Bucket Today?” (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this Sept. 10, 2015 photo, first-grader Tessa Raddatz, standing, offers a helping hand to Keegan Mercer with a game on the computer as an act of kindness at South Side Elementary School in Effingham, Ill. Teachers, staff and students at the school are all involved in the program titled after the children’s book, “Have You Filled A Bucket Today?” (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)

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In this April 22, 2014 photo, Becky Bailey answers phones at the Regional Office of Education in Effingham, Ill. Bailey has served the district as an administrative assistant for 50 years. (AP Photo/Effingham Daily News, Bill Grimes)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 11 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 19, 2014, 2014 photo, Tom Caldwell, interim director of the Lake Land Collegiate Veterans Alliance, dedicates the Kluthe Center Veteran Reflection Site in Effingham, Ill. It is a place where veterans can leave behind their turbulent military past and return to normalcy. Planning for the site began in February, with many of the items in it donated by the community. (AP Photo/Effingham Daily News, Jackson Adams)

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2013 Virginia Press Association 2nd Place winner- Feature photo Thania Sayne of Effingham, Ill., cries at the grave of her late husband U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Douglas Sayne the day before what would have been their three year anniversary at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Lt. Col. Sayne was killed in Afghanistan in 2011 and also leaves behind two young sons.