“FINNEY”  FIRST TEACHER ON THE TRAIL 1999 Finney shared her vision for the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail program with Iditarod which became a reality in 1998 and 1999. Andrea Aufder-Heyde (Finney), a second grade teacher in Bloomington, Indiana had a dream and this year that dream is going to come true. Finney has been …