Jerry Molen is true Montanan

We read with great interest the guest opinion in the Daily Inter Lake published Sunday, May 27, in the Montana Perspectives section in which Mr. Molen was denied talking with the Ronan High School graduating class.

We don’t know if we were more upset over the principal not letting him speak or the fact the class was denied the opportunity to hear and benefit from his message.

Jerry, having been born in Great Falls, is a true Montanan who “came up the hard way” to become a famous movie producer and an outstanding personality representing Montana.

He started at the very bottom driving a truck on the movie sets but ended up as a stellar movie producer responsible for many quality movies including “Schindler’s List,” “Jurassic Park,” “Twister,” and “Minority Report.”

In working on the movie “Schindler’s List,” he decided to go to Germany and other European countries and individually interview Holocaust victims.

I can imagine the impact his talking to the Ronan students about his experience would have had on them.

We know it affected us and others who were told about the Holocaust interviews.

We hope that in 2013 one of our more enlightened high schools will be allowed to hear the message Jerry was not allowed to give in Ronan.

Dick and Bev Sherman,

Bigfork