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When does your

mommy say yes?

t SI feel ridiculous, absolutely
I zanny and bizarre,” said fresh­
man Kelly Helton, who works for the
Hostess Corporation as a twinkie.
“ I go to supermarkets and greet
the kids and give them prizes,” she
said.
Many may wonder how a person
can become a twinkie.
"My dad worked for the Hostess
Company and the old twinkie quit on
him, so I filled in for a favor,” Kelly
replied.
Some jobs may seem boring, but
apparently this one is not.
"Sometimes people come up and
hit the hollow head and it echoes,”
she said, “ kids call me twinkles
too.”
Work for Kelly is not all for fun.
She receives $3.00 an hour for her
work as a twinkie.
The twinkie is not the only repre­
sentative of Hostess products.
“They have a 'fresh guy’ for their
bread; he’s made of foam and looks
like a conehead,” Kelly said.
Kelly had some advice to any
future twinkies:
"Don’t get an itch, because it’s
impossible to scratch.”

Ya-hoo! It's Twinkie the Kid. Freshman Kelly Helton hands
out Twinkies to young kids at Safeway.