
Delete lines 27-29.
Then update your if statement to be:
else if ($WAFV_Errors == "1") {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! The CAPTCHA code you entered is incorrect.</div>';
//WAFV_Conditional contact.php contact_413(1:)
exit();
}

Thanks Ray!
That prevented the menu01f.php from loading into the div that contains the Contact Us form. Now validation appears to be passing whether I enter the correct code or not. When nothing is entered I get the alternate validation as expected.
So I added a die after line 25 in the contact.php and wrote the WAFV_Errors value to the page. The results was a comma before the 1, so I changed the show-if to read:
else if ($WAFV_Errors == ",1") {
and the validation displayed the error finally!
Any explanation why the comma was put in there?
Thanks as always for your help - I've learned a lot from you, Ray!
enthusiastically,
Mark