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BySadieGurman TheAssociatedPress CENTENNIAL, COLO. From the witness stand, Chris- tina Blache could finally do what she had most wanted and most feared: She looked for the first time at the man who shot her, who killed her friend, who rav- aged so many lives. Her muscles tensed. Her nerves tingled. She fought back tears. "I'd never faced him be- fore. I wanted to see who did it and I wanted to be able to try to look him in the eye," Blache said. "You go through three years of healing and learning, you know, how to walk again and how to swim, how to skate, how to do every- thing you've learned from the age you were born. All over again. And to look at him ..." Blache, an Iraq war vet- eran, went on to describe the sharp bursts of gunfire, the searing pain of bullets through both her legs, the sight of her friend Alex Sul- livan, lifeless on the floor. Prosecutors have called more than 144 witnesses in the first month of the death penalty trial of James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of in- sanity. Fifty-one were shooting survivors, and for many, testifying has pro- vided a combination of ca- tharsis and terror. They've approached the stand with brave faces. They've chuckled at warm memories of their friends. They've had prolonged pauses and tearful break- downs. Some felt sudden re- lief after doing their part. Others felt there was too much left unsaid. A monumental pub- lic and private effort has helped survivors cope in the nearly three years since Holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 others at the packed premiere of a Bat- man movie. The shooting fostered a new push to ad- dress mental health issues nationwide, and in Colo- rado, lawmakers funded a $20 million expansion of state mental health ser- vices, creating a 24-hour hotline for those in crisis and a dozen drop-in coun- seling centers. Therapy On a local level, the Au- rora Strong Resilience Cen- ter opened to offer therapy to victims of trauma. And the Aurora Mental Health Center, the lead agency helping the victims, spent more than $2 million re- sponding to the shooting before the trial began. The agency formed a commu- nity support team that has served more than 1,700 af- fected people, said the agen- cy's disaster coordinator, psychologist Kirsten An- derson. Two team members have been in the courthouse daily, coaching victims on managing their emotions on the stand and coping thereafter. "This is an incredibly re- silient group of people who have worked really hard to get their lives back," An- derson said. "This trial sets a lot of people back and forces them to relive an aw- ful night." Blache offered to be among the first to tes- tify, eager to put it behind her. But when she took the stand, only about five feet from where Holmes sits, she was a bundle of nerves. "I was shaking because I was trying to hold com- posure," she said. "I didn't want to let him see any kind of emotion, anything he could feed off of." But Holmes wouldn't meet her gaze. And as she glanced down at him be- tween questions, she re- alized she wasn't nervous about him anymore. Prosecutors had told her to remember to breathe. But they didn't tell her un- til that day that they would be showing pictures, includ- ing one of Sullivan, smiling and alive. "I didn't get to see him again like that, so it was a little heart-wrenching," she said. "It hit me pretty hard." More than a year before the trial, prosecutors gave MunirihGravellyarundown of questions they might ask. She spent months obsessing over what to say. Yet when it was her turn to testify, she almost didn't get out of her chair. "It felt like a test," Grav- elly said. "I kept thinking I didn't want to trip over my words." Gravelly described how she huddled between rows of seats when the gun- shots began. Her face was wet, and she figured it was spilled soda. But when the lights came on, she real- ized it was blood, and not her own. Her friend Jesse Childress was facedown, dying. People were yelling that they needed to leave. "I had to step over him to get out," she said. She dreaded having to explain that to the jury. Gravelly couldn't sleep the night before she tes- tified. She agonized over the smallest things: Don't eat too big a breakfast, but enough to get through the morning. Wear comfortable clothes, but nothing so ca- sual it might undermine what she had to say. Prosecutors had advised survivors to bring a support system. Gravelly brought her mom. But on the stand, surrounded by attorneys, jurors, the judge and a packed gallery, she felt ut- terly alone. Interruptions "It was a bit of an out-of- body experience," she said. Like many of the survi- vors, she wasn't prepared for a flurry of interruptions from defense attorneys ob- jecting to the more emo- tional parts of her story. Ryan Lumba and Louis Duran had gone to the movie together, sat together and were shot together, so they wanted to testify to- gether, too. "We just encouraged each other," said Lumba, 20, who was shot through the left side, bullets piercing his lung and arm. When he woke up in a hospital, part of his intestine was gone. Duran testified first. He was hit in the face and arm and recalled blood run- ning down his face, blind- ing him. He held strong on the stand, but tears welled up when he returned to his seat. RAMPAGE Theater shooting victims relive terror ANDYCROSS—THEDENVERPOST Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes appears in court in Centennial, Colorado. 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On 06/04/2015 at 02:00 P.M., VERIPRISE PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pur- suant to Deed of Trust recorded 04/13/2005, as Instrument No. 007876, in book 2684, page 490, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder o f TEHAMA County, State of California, exe- cuted by: STEPHEN C. PRINZ AND DEBOR- AH L. PRINZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Paya- ble at time of sale in lawful mone y of the y United States) At the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse at 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed o f Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MEN- TIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 039-020-77-1 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 22608 SAMMIE COURT, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabili- ty for any incorrectness of the street ad- dress and other common designation, i f any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex- pressed or implied, regarding title, pos- session, or encumbrances, to pay the re- maining principal sum of the note(s) se- cured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), ad- vances, under the terms of said Deed o f Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the un- paid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $517,488.60. The beneficia- ry under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has de- clared all sums secured thereby immedi- ately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are consider- ing bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks in- volved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the prop- erty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically en- title you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a jun- ior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for y y p paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re- corder's office or a title insurance compa- ny, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the resched- uled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web htt p://search.natio p nwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms. aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1400263295 Information about postponements that are very short in du- ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement in- formation is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Pur- chaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Date: VERIPRISE PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC 750 Hwy 121 BYP STE 100 Lewisville, TX 75067 VERIPRISE PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Signature Printed Named FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFOR- MATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0247525 To: DAILY NEWS (RED BLUFF) PUBLISH: 05/14/2015, 05/21/2015, 05/28/2015 Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 2 D