<P> EJHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of baseball, soccer, cross country, tennis, golf, cheerleading, football, volleyball, basketball, swimming, chorus, band, theatre, and scholar bowl . </P> <P> EHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of boys' baseball, coed soccer, cross country, girls' and boys' tennis, boys' and girls' golf, coed wrestling, basketball cheerleading, girls' track, boys' track, football cheerleading, competition cheerleading, football, girls' softball, volleyball, girls' and boys' basketball, girls' and boys' swimming, chorus, band, theatre, student council, dance, WYSE, National Honor Society, Society for Academic Achievement (SAA), color guard, FACS club, math club, Young Heart Riding club, chemistry club, Spanish club, French club, book club, pep club, and scholar bowl . </P> <P> A 198 - foot (60 m) steel cross erected by The Cross Foundation is located in Effingham . The Cross is made out of over 180 tons of steel and cost over $1 million . The Cross Foundation claims that the cross is the "largest" in the United States standing at 198 - foot (60 m) with a span of 113 - foot (34 m). While the 208 - foot (63 m) Great Cross in St. Augustine, Florida is believed to be the tallest freestanding cross in the western hemisphere, it is thinner than the cross in Effingham and has a narrow span . </P> <P> One resident complained that using a Christian symbol to attract tourism "reeks of avarice and hypocrisy ." Another pointed out that the money that built the cross, which was collected through private donations, could have fed the poor and done other good for the community that wasn't simply "over-the - top symbolism ." Philip Coats of the Cross Foundation said there was barely a ripple of criticism in the town . John Schultz, the donor who put up most of the money for the project, said, "I guess you can't satisfy everybody ." </P>

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