Jim White and Scott Starks recently joined the Dosher Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. Voters of Smithfield Township elected White and Starks in November after the two ran unopposed.
 
White is a retired Presbyterian minister from Oak Island. He was elected after filling the unexpired term of Don Hughes on an appointed basis for the past five months and was previously chairman of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.
 
Starks (at left) is a retired orthopedic surgeon who lives on Bald Head Island. He succeeds Debbie Barnes who rotated off the board after completing a six-year term.
 
Dosher Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit community hospital located in Southport. The hospital serves the township of Smithville and surrounding communities in Brunswick County.