City

engineer Troy Besseche was not expecting any extra help

this summer, much less from the Ivy League. But he's

pleased with the city's newest part-time employee.

Robbie

Berschinski, a 1998 McIntosh graduate, returned home from

his freshman year at Yale University and called the city

looking to volunteer in his spare time. Instead, he got

himself put on the city payroll and has been working

since June 1.

Besseche,

who shares Berschinski with development director Jim

Williams and city planner David Rast, has found the him

to be quite handy and a quick study.

"He's

been very helpful in a number of areas," said

Besseche. "He's very knowledgeable, easy to work

with."

The college

student's mental prowess should come as no surprise.

Berschinski finished in the top 20 in his class at

McIntosh and now attends Yale on a full-time Air Force

ROTC scholarship, majoring in political science.

Needless to

say, he's thrilled to have the opportunity to go to Yale.

"I always would have liked to go to an Ivy League

school," he said.

Perhaps his

biggest adjustment has been the cold weather in

Connecticut, after living in Georgia all of his life and

Peachtree City almost all of it.

The son of

Bob and Susan Berschinski works Mondays and Tuesdays for

the city and spends the remainder of the week working for

his father, who publishes the Hometown Directories.

His duties

for the taxpayers this summer will include going out to

sites and checking projects to see that they are in

compliance with various city ordinances.

He also is

helping with the computerization of the city's land maps,

a process that has been ongoing for several years.

Berschinski

is scheduled to return to school in mid-August, but next

summer won't leave him as much time for Peachtree City

activities, as his ROTC training moves to the fore. He'll

spend several weeks then at various Air Force bases in

Texas and elsewhere.

While his

work with the city may not tie in directly with his

career goals, he sees the benefits of computer

applications and other skills used this summer as being

applicable throughout his life.

Law school

is one option he is considering after his undergraduate

years at Yale, with a Judge Advocate General following

that. If he forgoes graduate school, he is interested in

military intelligence, with the U.S. State Department a

possibility down the road.

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