Naples Daily News Weekend Digest Miss something this week? Catch up on a few of our big stories in this quick digest

Joe Biden's brother's Keewaydin Island house hits the market for $6 million

Poised high on stilts, Jim and Sara Biden's rustic Keewaydin Island vacation home seems to hover over the mangrove forest like an osprey.

As you glide into its covered boat dock marked by a flagpole and flapping American flag, you'd hardly know that this secluded Old Florida-style retreat has been the setting for fancy parties, weddings and even Secret Service surveillance.

But that's what happens when your large extended family includes Vice President Joe Biden, who arrived on the largely undeveloped island with much fanfare shortly after his brother, a construction company executive, and his attorney sister-in-law purchased the house two days before Christmas in 2013.

The couple paid $2.5 million for the place, which was then in poor condition, and put in more than $1 million more to upgrade it, said Sara Biden.

Now, however, the close-knit family wants to vacation together in the Chesapeake Bay region, which is nearer to their primary homes, Sara Biden said. She and her husband live in a Philadelphia suburb.

So the five-acre compound, which consists of a five-bedroom, six-bath main house and one-bedroom, one bath guesthouse, is being quietly marketed for $5.995 million, including furnishings.

Caribbean colors out, sophistication and steak in at Yabba Island Grill

Fifth Avenue South's Yabba Island Grill has turned down the bright tropical colors, live entertainment and raucous late-night dance parties in favor of a more contemporary ambiance and an expanded menu.

The yellows, turquoises and lime greens that once dressed the walls, tablecloths, upholstery and patio at Yabba have been replaced with deep blue hues and dark wood finishes. Mahogany stain grounds the bar and decorative Bermuda shutters, as well as the patio ceilings and railings. Sapphire fabric drapes across the main dining-room ceiling and an elegant black mahogany and cork treatment adorns the ceiling in the front room. The floor is now covered with plush midnight-blue carpet.

New, teardrop-shaped pendant lights illuminate tables on the restaurant's "stage" area.

The giant fish sculpture hanging over the partly open kitchen now has a muted silver sheen to its scales, instead of the more colorful look it previously sported. Yabba's logo is cleaner, too, and now features a simple white palm tree on a midnight-colored background.

In keeping with the establishment's classier image, entertainment will no longer be offered.

The changes come after owner Skip Quillen bought out his former partners in Culinary Concepts in December. In addition to Yabba Island Grill, the restaurant group owns Pazzo! Cucina Italiana, Blue Water Bistro and the two locations of Chops City Grill, in Naples and in Bonita Springs.

New documents detail Mark Sievers' behavior following wife’s killing

Carrie Kain started taking notes on the plane ride back to Missouri after Dr. Teresa Sievers’ funeral last July. Something didn’t seem right.

Mark Sievers, Teresa’s husband and Kain’s friend for over 30 years, didn’t seem emotionally broken by his wife’s death.

He spent much of the day before her funeral at the beach. He told her chilling details of the killing. And he didn’t seem particularly interested in catching the person who bludgeoned his wife to death inside their Bonita Springs home.

Their mutual friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, also acted strangely, at one point running out of the funeral Mass, not to return.

"Mark is the one that stood out to me," Kain told investigators Aug. 24. "Mark did not act natural in his behavior with anything — other than laughing. That was natural. That wasn’t put on."

"But his cry was not his cry. It was fake."

Transcripts of Kain’s nearly two-hour interview with detectives was part of a massive file of investigative documents released Tuesday by the State Attorney’s Office. The file, which included thousands of documents, also contained an autopsy report, GPS tracking data, arrest warrants and several mostly unfruitful interviews with neighbors, co-workers, emergency responders and even a local transient — all part of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s initial probe.

Naples ranks high in ‘concierge’ doctors

Naples has the highest concentration of physicians in concierge practices nationwide, but the kid-glove care isn't exclusive to the affluent anymore, industry officials say.

More average income adults focused on their health will pay for an enhanced relationship with a primary care doctor, giving rise to more physicians converting their practices, said Tom Blue, a board director with the American Academy of Private Physicians in Clearwater.

Concierge physicians provide in-depth annual physicals, longer office visits and timely interaction over the phone or with next-day appointments, among other perks. The average annual membership fee is $1,500, Blue said.

The academy conducts a survey annually of concierge practices, and Naples and Richmond, Virginia, stand out, he said.

"You have the greatest density," Blue said. "It's not a huge number, but relative to the population size, it is enormous."

The survey found 40 or more concierge physicians in Naples, while Richmond is in the 30s, he said.

Collier spelling champ scores knockout in the 21st round

When she was asked to spell the word "vaquero," Natalia Rosen followed her instincts.

The word wasn't new - she said none of the words tossed at her Thursday during Collier County's Spelling Bee were unfamiliar - but since the word was separating her from the championship, Natalia was "a little nervous."

After going head to head for close to a dozen rounds with the night's runner-up, Sai Rachumalla, of East Naples Middle School, Natalia was named the 2016 Collier County Spelling Bee Champion.

When judges gave a thumbs-up to her championship word in the night's 21st round, she smiled with relief.

"I studied for days and had my dad test me, and it worked," said Natalia, a seventh-grader at Corkscrew Middle School.

Her dad, Herb Rosen, said Natalia competed in last year's spelling bee but was eliminated in an early round. This year, hours of studying paid off, he said.

"I said, 'Why not you?' Tonight was her night," Herb Rosen said. "She studied for hours. That's what it takes."

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