IF VOTERS WERE TO REJECT THE PLAN, IT IS THE FIRST FACE VISITORS SEE AT LEAVENWORTH THEATER FONDLY KNOWN AS GEORGE THE MANNEQUIN, WHICH SITS OUT FRONT, WAS TARGETED BY VANDALS. KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE SHOWS US THE CALL FOR HELP TO PUT HIM BACK TOGETHER. WE PUT ON FOUR SEASON PRODUCTIONS PER YEAR. IT’S THE ORIGINAL MOVIE THEATER IN LEAVENWORTH. IT OPENED IN 1938 WITH A SHIRLEY TEMPLE MOVIE. THAT WAS A FUN NIGHT. BUT NOW THIS THEATER HOSTING THE RIVER CITY COMMUNITY PLAYERS AND WE’RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, AND THAT INCLUDES THEIR MASCOT, TICKET TAKER, GEORGE. PEOPLE STOP AND TAKE PICTURES OF HIM ALL THE TIME. BUT THIS LAST WEEKEND, SOMEONE MANAGED TO OPEN THE SLOT THAT WE HAVE SHUT AND TRY TO PULL GEORGE THROUGH IT. NOT A GOOD NIGHT FOR GEORGE. THE HISTORIC MANNEQUIN SUFFERING CRACKS, BUMPS AND BRUISES. POOR GEORGE WAS LYING ON HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS STICKING OUT THE WINDOW. THEY ALSO STOLE HIS HAT AND CLOTHES. WE THINK IT’S JUST A RANDOM ACT OF OF MISCHIEF AND VANDALISM, STEELE GEORGE IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO AT RIVER CITY. IT IS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF THING HAPPEN. AND HOW DO YOU GUARD AGAINST IT REALLY? CARROLL SAYS. GEORGE HAS BEEN IN THIS BOOTH SINCE ABOUT 1993, AND SHE SAYS HE’S DISAPPEARED BEFORE BUT NEVER HAS ANYONE TRIED TO PULL HIM OUT. SUCH A SMALL HOLE. HE’S BEEN THROUGH A LOT. IF YOU LOOK, HE’S GOT A BAND-AID ON HIS HEAD FROM A CRACK THAT HE’S HAD THERE BEFORE. YEAH, HE’S A PRETTY TOUGH GUY. THE GROUP SAYS THEY’LL HAVE HIM BACK DRESSED UP AND IN HIS SPOT FOR THE OPENING OF THEIR NEXT SHOW IN JUST A FEW WEEKS IN LEAVENWORTH ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS. A GEORGE IS HAD QUITE A LIFE. THE GROUP SAYS THERE IS NO VIDEO OF THE VANDALISM. THEY JUST HOPE THE VANDALS RE