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No more wishing: Former Marshallite is an Oscar Mayer weiner

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
By SYDNEY STONNER/Staff writer
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The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile sits in the parking lot of St. Peter Catholic Church on Monday, June 29.
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In May, Guadelupe Martinez of Marshall graduated from University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. Unlike many of the class of 2009, Martinez already has a job, and a unique one at that.

Martinez is one of only 12 recent graduates selected from a pool of 1,500 applicants to be a "hotdogger" for the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. Martinez and her fellow hotdogger Chris Kitts stopped at St. Peter Catholic Church in Marshall Monday, June 29, on their way from Indiana to Oklahoma.

Besides driving the Weinermobile, the hotdoggers "spread miles of smiles" throughout the country by hosting events and contests as they travel from town to town.

For Martinez, the best part about her job is "just making people smile."

"It's a lot of fun," to meet people and listen to their stories about the Weinermobile, she said.

All 12 hotdoggers record their adventures on the Web at hotdoggerblog.com. Follow Martinez, whose handle is Guac'alupe, and Kitts, C. Melton Cheddar, on the site.

Contact Sydney Stonner at marshallbusiness@socket.net

© Copyright 2009 Marshall Democrat-News

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The Weinermobile must be hard to drive... :)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5336...

-- Posted by imaloony on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 2:50 PM

Guadalupe Martinez is excellent at bringing smiles to folks' faces! Have fun!

-- Posted by ADVOCATE on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, at 8:17 PM

I have a vague recollection of someone telling me of another Marshallite or Saline Countian that was a former "hotdogger" in the weinermobile in the past. I think they were also an MU grad. Anybody out there remember who that was? Perhaps, in addition to Jim the dog, we can be the home of famous weinerheads.

P.S. I'm jealous 'cause it sounds like a really fun job....

-- Posted by countryman on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, at 2:07 PM

kinda takes the excitement completely away from "donuts in Marshall" huh?

-- Posted by wheresthelove on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, at 2:06 PM

GREAT headline, Ms. Stonner!!! ;)

-- Posted by born-n-raised on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, at 11:34 AM

And who said that journalism was a dying art?

-- Posted by Third Child on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, at 11:24 AM

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