http://www.marconews.com/staff/kaydee-tuff/<p>Kaydee Tuff was a polite 19-year-old college student when she married into the newspaper business nearly 30 years ago. After a short stint as a politically correct kindergarten teacher in North Dakota, she joined Tuff Publications, Inc., where she evolved into an edgy, thick-skinned newspaper columnist, reporter and editor for a number of news publications in Minnesota and Florida.</p> <P>She is the former Editor of the Collier Citizen, a weekly community newspaper serving Collier County.<P> <p>AWARDS:<p> <P>■ 1984: Best Local News Story from the Minnesota Newspaper Association.<p> <P>■ 2009: Under her editorship, the Collier Citizen received <strong><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jul/12/collier-citizen-earns-top-honors-state-newspaper-c/?citizen=1/">first place in General Excellence</a></strong> in the Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper Contest.<P> en-ushttp://www.marconews.com/videos/detail/strut-your-mutt[http://video.naplesnews.com/videos/remote/2009/10/strutmutt2.mov]Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:36:00 -0000http://www.marconews.com/videos/detail/strut-your-mutt