How is it possible that the Wenatchee Valley apple growers can't find takers for their seasonal picking jobs? I mean, aren't these the very jobs our outraged "legal" citizens would clamor for if only those freeloading "illegals" weren't stealing them away? But I guess offers of $10 to $15 per hour, assuming a 10-hour day) is still not incentive enough to trade in the comfy couch and unemployment check.

Let's see -- just how much would an apple cost if the picker had to be paid, let's say $21 an hour? I guess that old adage, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" would need to be changed to "an apple a day, only the rich can pay." Think about that as those apples sit rotting in the orchards this year.

Diane Swan, Kennewick