Magazine Articles
These articles represent historical media coverage and community features from previous years. Some publications may no longer be active.
Marie Elium. “Everyone Loves a parade, but the real fun comes afterward for sweeping companies” North American Sweepers Magazine April 2009 10-11 – ARCHIVED
Jennifer Taylor “Royal Service” North American Sweepers Magazine April 1, 2014- ARCHIVED
Jennifer Taylor “Seizing the Moment” American Liquid Waste Magazine April 1, 2014-ARCHIVED
“American Companies” American Liquid Waste Magazine August 10, 2018-ARCHIVED
Industry Leadership & Association History
Founding Member of NAPSA
Gale Holsman receives First “Award of Excellence in Sweeping” from Worldsweeper.com
World Sweeping Association WSA Contractor Advisory Board member
WSA hosts first Sweeping Roundup hosted by American Sweeping
NAPSA Membership Open House Held at American Sweeping in Kansas City.
Television
Gale Holsman and Shannon Holsman-Lock starred in an episode of You Can’t Turn That Into a House
You Can’t Turn That Into a House approached American Waste Systems Inc. to turn their 40 yard dumpster into a tiny home. It sounded like a fun idea and a great addition to our ranch Holsman Stables. Click here to check out episode 6 and the amazing result when you take a 40 yard dumpster and turn it into a house!
Total Venue was featured on KCPT’s The Local Show
Gale Holsman Guest judged a sweeping competition on Junkyard Wars.
Click here for show coverage on World Sweeper
by Ranger Kidwell-Ross
Newspaper Articles
Local St. Joesph porta potty rental company sold out for Eclipse weekend. Many are being referred to American Waste Systems in Kansas City. By Nathan Ellgren News-Press Now July 2017- ARCHIVED
“American Companies Purchases 18 Acres in Martin City.” Martin City Telegraph February 2017
Keith Myers. “A Chat with Mr. Clean.” Kansas City Star Newspaper Septemeber 2004-ARCHIVED
Newspaper Excerpts
Santa-Cali-Gon Days
Today, if you walk around the historic Square, the streets are tidy and clean, an amazing feat considering the 250,000 festival attendees. Thanks to Gale Holsman, owner of American Sweeping, whose crew picked up 12 to 15 tons of trash daily, cleaned up spills, power washed and vacuumed the streets. They did an amazing job. The Square almost shines!
The Examiner, by Barbara Langley
Santa-Cali-Gon benefits many. Annual festival helps chamber and other Groups
Kansas City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Around 2:30 p.m. the first parade was over and another began. More than a dozen mechanized street sweepers from American Sweeping Inc. worked their way north on Grand, clearing the discarded and blowing cans, bottles, bags and miles of silly string, sucking up debris in figure eights, avoiding one another with the grace of dancers. Within an hour, you couldn’t even tell a party had happened.
Edition: MID-AMERICA, Section: NATIONAL/WORLD, Page A1
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Blue sky and green crowd make for a lucky day in Kansas City, By Anne Lamoy; Lee Hill Kavanaugh