In a magnanimous gesture of future commitment,  Worshipful Brother Doug Hrabe opened the 2008 Annual Communication of Gate City II as the outgoing Worshipful Master and served in the closing by coping the altar as Junior Steward.   There was no vacancy to be filled.  There was no physical need for Doug to inhabit the Northwest.  Doug's gesture served solely as an exemplification of the old adage, "all glory is fleeting."