How do I mark up parts of a PDF page?

I write a weekly column for the local newspaper. After publication, I download a PDF of the printed page or pages.
Frequently readers or clients ask me for copies of a particular column.
My column does not occupy the entire page, though. I am looking for a way to make the column more readily available to readers.
I've tried using the Draw Rectangle tool:
which isn't a bad solution if I could increase the line width. Ideally I would somehow screen the parts of the page not relevant with the polygon tool and then fill with some semi-tranparent fill, but I've not seen how to do this.
Anybody have an idea of how to make my column stand out a bit? The workflow needs to be limited as there are nearly 300 of them, many on multiple pages.
I'm on a Mac running X.9.2 and Acrobat 10.0.0.
Thanks.

CtDave wrote:
You have your authoring files. That is the place to isolate articles from others and appropriately splice the article thread's snippets.
Trying to do such in PDF is trying to thread the eye of a needle with a camel.
PDF Is Not an "editing", "layout", "format it", "style it" file format. (See ISO 32000-1 for just what PDF is).
Be well...
Actually if you want it to biblical , it comes from a Verse in the book or Mathew: (If I copy too much the censors will get it.)
"Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for someone who is rich . . . . . . ." Various source describe the Needle refered to as a gated passage way that

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