Longtime Bluffton resident and community support Jean Muller will be recognized as the 2009 Bluffton Lions Club citizen of the year.

The presentation will be made in a dinner at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, in the third floor of the town hall. Tickets are $13 each. Reservations are required and may be made by contacting Daryl Shields at 419-358-0810 by March 10.

Muller served for 25 years on the Bluffton Stone Co. board of directors. He is a past member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Bluffton Lions Club.

He holds a life certificate on the Bluffton Airport Advisory Board. He has contributed to Bluffton's economic development in several ways. He supported bringing NAC Wire Co. to Bluffton in the early 1980s. That French company didn't locate in Bluffton, but was the catalysis for the development of the DTR Industries, BFR and the donation and construction of Snyder Road.

The Lions Club presents the citizen of the year award to a person, couple or group whose efforts have significantly affected the greater Bluffton area.