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A teenage Betty Warnick around 1942, when she graduated from high school in Rapid City, South Dakota. Shortly after graduating, she took a job at the Hanford Reservation working on the atomic bomb project.

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'I learned to fly before I learned to drive'
February 5, 2025 3:30 a.m.

'I learned to fly before I learned to drive'

Moses Lake's Betty Warnick stays busy at 100

MOSES LAKE — Betty Warnick, who turned 100 in January, has never been one to sit still, whether it was taking off cross-country for a new job or taking a plane up in the air. “I learned to fly before I learned to drive,” she said.