DeKALB – The Friends of Barb City Manor Volunteer Auxiliary is hosting a presentation today about “Acres of Change: A History of DeKalb County, IL 1963-2012.”

The presentation by Barry Schrader, a former Daily Chronicle editor and current Daily Chronicle columnist, will start at 2 p.m. in the Activity Room at Barb City Manor Retirement Home, 680 Haish Blvd., DeKalb, according to a news release.

Audience members will get to preview the book on DeKalb County from 1963 to 2012. The publication is being organized by the DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society and is a sequel to “From Oxen to Jets,” published in 1963, covering the history of the county up to that time.