Accessing models from helpers

[eluser]Mr. Pickle[/eluser]
Hi Zack, I understand now that this method is valid, and it works!

But.... will this be the optimal way of retrieving the name?
I mean I can have all id's looped and call the model from my controller before I load my view or even have a join or something in my model when I query the id's so I won't have to call the helper each record loop. I'm just not that good into helpers to know what method is best for performance.