Leadership San Juan Islands is a county-wide program that fosters leadership skills such as facilitation, collaborative problem solving, and public speaking as well as the analysis of local systems related to governance, economics, social services, history and culture, education and the environment. LSJI will hold an open house about its 2013 training. The five-month course begins in January and finishes in May.
• Oct. 28, 1 to 3 p.m. on Orcas Island: Heartwood House, 71 Langell Ln. 1 to 3 p.m.
Applications are available as a download from the website. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 19. For more information see: http://www.lsji.org.