Hooks with DB or other solution

[eluser]Hamilogre[/eluser]
I just came across this, and I have/had a similar problem. I also am trying to have dynamic data in my header which is called on every page. I wanted to get this data from a function in a model, and I noticed that if i tried to load the model from the view, it did not work, and it game me a "cannot perform this method on a non-member function" or something...

Like I said, pulling the data directly from the DB, instead of the model gives me the same results, but in the event that I change the logic in the model, I would have to change the header file as well to give me the same results. Any ideas?