Local News Friday, 19 August 2005     SECTIONS EDITORIALS/ COLUMNISTs SPORTS COLUMNISTS MARKET PLACE COMMUNITY is published Monday through Sunday by 10:00 in the morning. Online Banner Advertising p lease call (432) 333-7603 or email American Online c /o Odessa American 222 E. 4th Street P.O. Box 2952 Odessa, TX 79760 Copyright © 1999-2005 Odessa American. All rights reserved. Refer comments to .   Odessa doctors perform landmark surgery Special procedure was done on beating heart for first time By Jay Gorania Odessa American When Alpine’s Rita Perry had chest pains while riding her bike, she didn’t anticipate she would have a surgical procedure that had never been performed before. “It was a humbling experience. Those good doctors are going to help so many people,” Perry, 72, said Thursday from her home. Performed at Alliance Hospital by

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