Students cited for drinking

Several county students received tickets for possessing alcohol in two separate incidents in the past two weeks.

Sheriff Mike Borkovich and his deputies were called to gatherings on a road end beach and another on private property after receiving tips about underage drinking.

“It’s the law,” Borkovich said. But it wasn’t always. On January 1, 1972, Michigan changed its age of majority and drinking age to 18 to make them align with the new voting age. Michigan was among the first of many states who lowered their drinking age in the early 1970s in response to the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.