How do you interpret the feelings of a stinky dinosaur and the desperate lives of an earthquake ravaged nation in one forum? The answer is you provide five forums in one location to deal with both the humorous and serious side of literature. Such was the case on Feb. 12, when the Kern County Superintendent of Schools convened the first half of the 38th annual Kern County Oral Language Festival for students in grades four-through-six at University Square in Bakersfield. Students in grades seven-through-eight will have their festival on Feb. 26. What started out as an estimated pool of more than 39,000 Kern County students was pared down in school and district competitions to the approximately 190 in grades fourth-through-six from 17 districts that competed at the county championship on Feb. 12. Students were judged on content, delivery, total impression and adherence to rules as they used their drama and speech skills to interpret humorous or serious literary works in solo, duo or group presentations. The literature had to be a published work available to all students. More