Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:35AM | Updated: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:57PM
Judge Thomas D. Horne is the Loudoun Times-Mirror’s Citizen of the Year for 2010, not only for his work from the bench but also for his decades of community service throughout the county.
In the early 1980s, Horne was instrumental in helping youth soccer form and prosper in the county, and in 1989, he brought lacrosse to the county, forming the Loudoun County Youth Lacrosse League.
In the early 1980s, Horne was instrumental in helping youth soccer form and prosper in the county, and in 1989, he brought lacrosse to the county, forming the Loudoun County Youth Lacrosse League.
“Both those organizations owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to my father,” said Rob Horne, Judge Horne’s son, who is a teacher and the boys’ lacrosse coach at Middleburg Academy.
“It is amazing to see in 20 years what something he started has become,” Rob Horne added, saying that the youth lacrosse program served as a platform for all the high school level teams now in Loudoun, including the team he coaches in Middleburg.
“Without him inspiring me to learn this sport, I may still be searching for a passion,” Rob Horne said.
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