A healthier lifestyle for all.

That’s the goal of the TSET Healthy Living Program in a very small nutshell and was the topic of discussion at a recent Kingfisher Lions Club meeting.

Isabella Valderrama is a wellness coordinator for the program, which was set up through the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust in Oklahoma.

She works through the Kingfisher County Health Department to help with the program’s mission to improve the health of Oklahomans - more specifically, for her, those in Kingfisher County.

The program focuses its investments on priorities that reduce the leading causes of death in the state - cancer and cardiovascular disease.

“We want to help the local community to eat better, move more and be tobacco free,” Valderrama said.

The program targets people of all ages, including students, through the Healthy Incentive Grants made available to school districts that “adopt policy and implement best and promising practices in tobacco- free environments, nutrition, physical activity and employee wellness.”

Valderrama is also part of a task force for the local farmers’ market, which will begin its third year beginning in May.

It is located at 505 N. Main St. in Kingfisher and will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays from May through October.

Opening day is May 4.

Valderrama said the market is free to vendors, who have not only hailed from Kingfisher County, but the surrounding counties as well.

Vendors have sold a number of items at the market, most notably locally- grown fruits and vegetables.

The task force surveyed those who attended last year, seeking ways to im- prove for this season.

Among the most-requested items for visitors and vendors was a local restroom. Valderrama was among those who attended last Monday’s meeting of the Kingfisher City Commission to request the city’s assistance in providing a portable restroom.

City Manager Jim Thomas said he would look into the request.